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    BAOBAB

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey breadplay

    Synonyms:

    Adansonia digitata; baobab; monkey-bread tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("baobab" is a kind of...):

    angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

    Meronyms (parts of "baobab"):

    monkey bread; sour gourd (African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp)

    Holonyms ("baobab" is a member of...):

    Adansonia; genus Adansonia (baobab; cream-of-tartar tree)

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