Adansonia digitata
Baobab (Wiktionary)
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʾabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʾabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪəʊbab/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪoʊˌbæb/, /ˈbaʊbæb/