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单词 monkey bread
释义

monkey bread


noun

the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
the tree itself.

Origin of monkey bread

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby monkey bread

monk, monkery, monkey, monkey bars, monkey block, monkey bread, monkey bridge, monkey business, monkey climb, monkey-faced owl, monkey flower
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Example sentences from the Web for monkey bread

  • It was a calabash tree, otherwise called the monkey-bread tree, which the Woloffs call goui in their language.

    Perils and Captivity|Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard
  • You find here enormous acacias, monkey-bread trees, raphia palms and baobabs; less gloom, and fewer creeping and hanging plants.

    The Pools of Silence|H. de Vere Stacpoole
  • At nightfall he slept like a log "under a monkey-bread tree."

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922|Various

British Dictionary definitions for monkey bread

monkey bread

noun

the gourdlike fruit of the baobab tree
monkey bread tree another name for baobab
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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