Baobab \Ba"o*bab\, n. [The native name.] (Bot.) A gigantic African tree ({Adansonia digitata}), also naturalized in India. See {Adansonia}.
baobab n : African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread [syn: {monkey-bread tree}, {Adansonia digitata}]