1. African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp
   "Tourists were intrigued by the unusual shape of the monkey bread fruit";
   - sour gourd
    
2. [US] A sweet, pull-apart bread made of small pieces of dough coated in cinnamon and sugar
   "The children enjoyed pulling apart the warm monkey bread"

Derived forms: monkey breads

Type of: edible fruit

Part of: Adansonia digitata, baobab, monkey-bread tree

Encyclopedia: Monkey bread