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# baobab

noun (a baobab, baobabs)

«baobab» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A baobab is a huge tree of Africa, Madagascar and Australia with a very fat trunk and short branches that look like roots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baobab/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science, baobabs store water in their trunks for dry seasons and can live for over a thousand years. They are sometimes called «upside-down trees». In «The Little Prince», baobabs are dangerous plants that must be pulled out early. In Australia the boab is a relative.

### Examples

- The baobab looked like it was planted upside down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baobab/#x1)
- Baobab trunks store water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baobab/#x2)
- Elephants peel bark from baobab trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baobab/#x3)
- The Little Prince pulled up baobab sprouts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baobab/#x4)
- Baobab fruit is full of vitamin C. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baobab/#x5)
- Some hollow baobabs have been used as shelters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baobab/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced «BAY-oh-bab». Countable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «baobab» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baobab/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«baobab» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/baobab.html) on Mova free.