noun
African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites
• Syn: ↑dika, ↑wild mango tree, ↑Irvingia gabonensis
• Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Irvingia, ↑genus Irvingia
• Part Meronyms: ↑dika nut
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noun : an African tree (Irvingia gabonensis) of the family Simaroubaceae with an edible yellow fruit that somewhat resembles the mango but is valued especially for its oil-rich seed and a hard heavy greenish wood that is exceptionally resistant to termite attack — see dika 2a, dika bread
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wild mango
An African tree of the family Simarubaceae with edible fruit, oil-giving seeds, and termite-resistant wood
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Main Entry: ↑mango
Useful english dictionary. 2012.