How to Use baobab in a Sentence

baobab

noun

• One day, the little girl met an old man, who gave her fruit from a baobab tree.
  — Sarah Larimer, Washington Post, 28 May 2017
• Africa’s baobab tree looks like something from a Dr. Seuss book.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 11 June 2018
• African baobab trees are truly one of the wonders of the natural world.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 12 June 2018
• Thirsty elephants often strip a baobab of its bark and wood to get their moisture.
  — Washington Post, 13 July 2018
• This isn’t just a case of these baobabs reaching the ends of their lifespans.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2018
• For two decades, the Sunland baobab attracted tourists wanting to knock back a pint in a tree.
  — National Geographic, 11 June 2018
• The baobab had short sticks jammed into its trunk, forming a perilous ladder that the Hadza climbed to raid beehives.
  — WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
• In this sandy landscape, with its blistering heat and fat baobab trees, the chief means of survival is farming.
  — Dionne Searcey and Jaime Yaya Barry, New York Times, 22 June 2017
• The baobab fruit is the staple of the Hadza diet, packed with vitamins, fat in the seeds, and, of course, significant amounts of fibre.
  — Tim Spector, CNN, 5 July 2017
• But now the players in their yellow shirts and blue shorts begin every match in a somber prayer circle under the shade of a baobab tree.
  — Jaime Yaya Barry, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2017
• First came cocktails, which at Nok involve baobab juice and beets — both Senegalese drink staples.
  — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2017
• Researchers found that nine of the oldest 13 baobab trees and five of the six biggest ones have partially or completely perished in the past 12 years.
  — Rory Smith, CNN, 12 June 2018
• Men were gathering honey by smoking out bees from baobab trees.
  — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 17 May 2018
• Animals sometimes sleep inside the hollows of giant 2,000-year old baobab trees in South Africa.
  — Greg Miller, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2014
• Across Africa, the oldest and largest baobabs have begun to fall and die, according to new research in the journal Nature Plants.
  — Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 12 June 2018
• Over the years, the scientists have found that big African baobab specimens always have multiple stems.
  — Amina Khan, latimes.com, 11 June 2018
• Guests partake in high tea, picnic on empty beaches, and snorkel around Moramba Bay in search of coral pinnacles and baobab trees.
  — Ashlea Halpern, The Cut, 11 Apr. 2018
• The baobab known as Adansonia digitata L. is an icon of the African savannah.
  — Amina Khan, latimes.com, 11 June 2018
• One hundred and fifty thousand shoots of drought-resistant acacia, hardy baobab and Moringa spill out of their black plastic casings.
  — Aryn Baker / Mbar Toubab, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
• In 2005, a group of scientists developed a method for measuring the age of live baobabs.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 14 June 2018
• Over 15 years, Patrut identified about 60 of the largest and oldest baobabs.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 12 June 2018
• Avenue of the Baobabs, Madagascar On a dirt road near Madagascar's west coast is a stretch of enormous baobab trees, all that remains of a once-dense forest.
  — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2023
• Across Yahya Jammeh bridge and on the side of Yahya Jammeh highway, amid fields of bushy mango trees and giant baobabs, there is a town of women, children and aging men.
  — Matina Stevis, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2017
• After an interesting but restless night's sleep, a large pile of baobab pods had been collected for my breakfast.
  — Tim Spector, CNN, 5 July 2017
• To conduct the study, researchers combed books, articles, and the internet and asked local Africans in order to locate the biggest baobabs.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 11 June 2018
• Products with wheat protein fill in the little gaps in weakened strands, and baobab protein fortifies the hair while conditioning.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 23 May 2018
• Many travelers might conjure up visions of tented camps, gourmet meals under a baobab tree, game drives through golden savanna, and sundowners at the end of the day.
  — Kitson Jazynka, National Geographic, 14 June 2019
• For now, no smokestacks tower over the baobabs; the only signs of construction are concrete discs that demarcate the forest and farmland acquired for the plant.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
• Essential ones, like oakmoss, bay leaf, and petitgrain, plus a blend of jojoba, grapeseed, argan, pumpkin seed, and baobab oils.
  — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 8 June 2018
• Ancient baobabs often are staples of local lore and frequently are the site of ceremonies and meetings.
  — Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 12 June 2018

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