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mabele

mabele noun: sorghum; Sorghum bicolor.

Noun

mabele (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa) sorghum; Sorghum bicolor
    • Locusts do not touch mabele, and therefore there is no excuse for not putting in more.1901 April 26, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 4, page 102

Origin of mabele

From a Bantu language.

Questions about mabele

What does mabele mean?
Mabele means sorghum; Sorghum bicolor.
What part of speech is mabele?
Mabele is a noun.

Words near mabele in the dictionary

  1. mabe pearls
  2. Mabee
  3. Mabees
  4. Mabel
  5. mabela
  6. mabele
  7. Mabelle
  8. Maben
  9. Mabens
  10. Maberry
  11. Maberrys

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