baobab \ˈbā-ə-ˌbab \ noun: a broad-trunked tropical tree 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
Etymology: New Latin bahobab
Weren’t baobabs featured prominently in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince?
Yes, yes they were! <3 He was afraid they would grow too big and his little planet would disintegrate.
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