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gilo

gilo noun: fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum).

gilo: fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)
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Noun

gilo (plural gilos)

  1. Fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)

gilo meaning in Arabic

gilo in Arabic

fruit of a species of fruiting plant
بَاذِنْجَان أَفْرِيقِيّ bāḏinjān ʔafrīqiyy

Forms of gilo

pluralgilos

Origin of gilo

Borrowed from Portuguese giló, jiló, from Kimbundu njilu.

Questions about gilo

What does gilo mean?
Gilo means fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum).
What is gilo in Arabic?
Gilo in Arabic is بَاذِنْجَان أَفْرِيقِيّ (bāḏinjān ʔafrīqiyy). See Gilo meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is gilo?
Gilo is a noun.
What is the plural of gilo?
The plural of gilo is gilos.

Words near gilo in the dictionary

  1. Gilmer
  2. Gilmer County
  3. Gilmore
  4. Gilmorton
  5. Gilmour
  6. gilo
  7. Gilolo
  8. Gilort
  9. gilos
  10. giloy
  11. Gilpatrick

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