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baobab

/bey-oh-bab, bah-oh-, bou-bab/US // ˈbeɪ oʊˌbæb, ˈbɑ oʊ-, ˈbaʊ bæb //UK // (ˈbeɪəʊˌbæb) //

猴面包树,树莓,宝塔山,巴西莓

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any large tree belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, especially A. digitata, which is native to tropical Africa, has an exceedingly thick trunk, and bears a gourdlike fruit.

Examples

  • You can also support the primates by becoming a co-owner of a baobab tree at Reniala, complete with co-ownership title.

  • In the past week, I have driven nearly 11,000 miles from London to Mongolia, walked the Amazon from top to bottom and sat under a baobab tree in Senegal, listening to chirping birds.

  • As all know, the mowana, or baobab, is one of the largest of trees; specimens being met with having a girth of nearly 100 feet.

  • One baobab he computed at 90 feet in girth, and its rounded crest extended over an area of upwards of 170 yards in circuit.

  • And so, linking his arm with the worthy major, he calmly wended his way to Baobab Villa, amid the ringing cheers of the populace.

  • The baobab and the karite (shea butter tree) are found only in the Niger districts.

  • On reaching it, we seated ourselves under a large baobab, which was more than thirty feet in circumference.