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baobab
CIDE DICTIONARY
baobab, n. [The native name.].
A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata ), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
baobab, n. an African tree, Adansonia digitata, with an enormously thick trunk and large fruit containing edible pulp.
Etymology
L (1592), prob. f. an Afr. lang.
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