baobab

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbeɪə(ʊ)bab/    美 /ˈbeɪoʊˌbæb/|/ˈbaʊbæb/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
  2. Any tree of the genus Adansonia.

词形变化

baobabs plural

词源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).
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