baobab

n. 猴面包树

发音

UK /ˈbeɪə(ʊ)bab/
US /ˈbeɪoʊˌbæb/
US /ˈbaʊbæb/

词形变化

baobabs 复数 baobabs

别名

boabab

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

    猴面包树

    猢狲树

  2. 2.

    Any tree of the genus Adansonia.

词汇关系

名词

部分词 2

monkey bread sour gourd

相关短语

African baobab

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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