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# baobab

«baobab» in Mova's school dictionary: **a huge tree of Africa, Madagascar and Australia with a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a baobab, baobabs)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baobab/#m1)

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

### note

Pronounced «BAY-oh-bab». Countable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «baobab» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baobab/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.