transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbau̇-ˌbab, ˈbā-ə- ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin bahobab
Date: 1640
: a broad-trunked tropical tree ( Adansonia digitata ) of the silk-cotton family that is native to Africa and has an edible acidic fruit resembling a gourd and bark used in making paper, cloth, and rope ; also : any of several related trees chiefly of Madagascar and Australia