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African peaches

African peaches is the plural of African peach.

Meaning of African peach

Noun

African peach (plural African peaches)

  1. Nauclea latifolia) (syns. Sarcocephalus latifolius, Sarcocephalus esculentus), a deciduous rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa, or its fruit; its bark, doundaké, is used medicinally.
    • With the plants common to the Slave Coast may be included the Zingiber officianale (ginger), Sarcocephalus esculentus (African peach), Gossipium herbaceum (cotton plant), Tamarindus Indica (tamarinds), Cucurbita Citrullus (water-melon) […]1845, W.F. Daniell, “Some Observations on the Medical Topography, Climate, and Diseases, of the Bights of Benin and Biafra”, in London Medical Gazette, volume 35, page 643
    Synonyms:
    Guinea peach, Sierra Leone peach, country fig, pincushion tree

Questions about African peaches

What is African peaches the plural of?
African peaches is the plural of African peach.

Words near African peaches in the dictionary

  1. African painted frog
  2. African painted frogs
  3. African palm civet
  4. African palm civets
  5. African peach
  6. African peaches
  7. African pear
  8. African pearwood
  9. African penguin
  10. African penguins
  11. African pygmy geese

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