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danta

danta noun: a deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera.

danta: a deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia...
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Noun

danta (countable and uncountable, plural dantas)

  1. A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera.
  2. The wood of this tree.

Forms of danta

pluraldantas

Origin of danta

Borrowed from a certain Ghanaian vernacular name (compare Anyi danta, Sehwi danta).

Questions about danta

What does danta mean?
Danta means a deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera.
What part of speech is danta?
Danta is a noun.
What is the plural of danta?
The plural of danta is dantas.

Words near danta in the dictionary

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  8. Dante
  9. Dante chair
  10. Dante chairs
  11. Dantean

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