monkey bread

English

baobab tree

Noun

monkey bread (countable and uncountable, plural monkey breads)

1. A type of gourd, the fruit of a baobab tree (Adansonia digitata), eaten by monkeys.
2. The tree itself.
3. (US) A soft, sweet, sticky pastry sprinkled with cinnamon, often served at fairs and festivals.

Alternative forms

• monkey's bread

Translations

fruit

• Hungarian: majomkenyér
• Welsh: bara mwnci m

tree

• Bulgarian: баобаб m (baobab)
• German: Affenbrotbaum (de) m
• Hungarian: majomkenyérfa (hu)
• Welsh: baobab f, coeden faobab f

pastry

• Polish: małpi chlebek (pl) m

Further reading

• Baobab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia