baobab, monkey-bread tree, Adansonia digitata
(noun) African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
Source: WordNet® 3.1
baobab (plural baobabs)
A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
Synonyms: cream of tartar tree, sour gourd
Source: Wiktionary
Ba"o*bab, n. Etym: [The native name.] (Bot.)
Definition: A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
