# baobab

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbeɪə(ʊ)bab/ · frequency rank #72,114

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
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