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Examples
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On one side is a raised stone platform, seat for the "boab" or door-keeper, and other servants of the house.
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt R. Talbot Kelly 1897
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But surely boab we'd need to keep the windows closed in the event.
Swine Flu comes to Scotland Jeff 2009
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Derby is not a very prepossesing place, with the main tourist attraction being a huge boab tree that used to be used as a temporary prison.
North West Resources Tour Alex Allan 2009
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One of the world's largest urban green spaces, housing the botanical gardens, a very decent café-restaurant Fraser's and ancient boab trees, transported 3,000km from the Kimberley in Australia's north-west.
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A hint of "oh" but absolutely no diphthinging (e.g., the Boston O where Bob = "boab")
Ex Cathedra Rev. Bob 2010
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Ceiba is in the Malvaceae, a family that also includes the baobab or boab trees of
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This is a very large boab tree where aboriginal prisoners used to rest while they were being transported to the
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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I still occasionally hear the odd "jings" but surely "crivens" and "help ma boab" are due a return.
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We stopped in at the Croc Shop but decided not to do the croc cruise, admired the lovely boab tree, returned to the van, put on the TV and air conditioner to combat the 40+ temperature and
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Silent Grove is the campground & again very pretty nestled amongst the boab and gum trees.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
qms commented on the word boab
Adansonia gregorii, commonly known as the boab, is a tree in the family Malvaceae. As with other baobabs, it is easily recognised by the swollen base of its trunk, which forms a massive caudex, giving the tree a bottle-like appearance. Endemic to Australia, boab occurs in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and east into the Northern Territory.
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I am surprised at this omission in Wordnik. I would have expected bilby to have unearthed it in the course of Aussification patrol.
September 1, 2015
bilby commented on the word boab
See baobab for definitions, listings, etc.
September 2, 2015