large tropical African tree (later transplanted and naturalized in the East and West Indies), 1630s, from Medieval Latin bahobab (1590s), apparently from a central African language.
banter
banting
Bantu
banyan
banzai
baobab
Baphomet
baptise
baptism
baptismal
baptist
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