Monkey-bread

Monkey-bread
Monkey-bread \Mon"key-bread`\, n. (Bot.) The fruit of the {Adansonia digitata}; also, the tree. See {Adansonia}. [1913 Webster]

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  • monkey bread — n. 1. the fruit of the African baobab tree, eaten by monkeys 2. BAOBAB …   English World dictionary

  • Monkey bread — This article is about the breakfast pastry. For the fruit, see Adansonia. Monkey bread Monkey bread, also called sticky bread, African coffee cake, golden crown, pinch me cake, bubbleloaf and monkey brains is a sticky, gooey pastry served in the… …   Wikipedia

  • monkey bread — noun African gourd like fruit with edible pulp • Syn: ↑sour gourd • Hypernyms: ↑edible fruit • Part Holonyms: ↑baobab, ↑monkey bread tree, ↑Adansonia digitata …   Useful english dictionary

  • monkey-bread tree — noun African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread • Syn: ↑baobab, ↑Adansonia digitata • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Adansonia …   Useful english dictionary

  • monkey-bread-tree — tikrasis baobabas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bombakmedinių šeimos augalas (Adansonia digitata), paplitęs Afrikoje, Arabijos pusiasalyje, kituose atogrąžų kraštuose auginamas. Naudojamas gėrimams gaminti, sėklos valgomos. atitikmenys:… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • monkey bread — mon′key bread n. pln the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys • Etymology: 1780–90 …   From formal English to slang

  • monkey bread — 1. the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys. 2. the tree itself. [1780 90] * * * …   Universalium

  • monkey bread — noun a) a type of gourd, the fruit of the tree, eaten by monkeys b) the tree itself …   Wiktionary

  • monkey bread — n. fruit of the baobab tree shaped like a gourd with edible pulp; sour gourd …   English contemporary dictionary

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