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maloga bean

maloga bean noun: the pencil yam, Vigna lanceolata.

Noun

maloga bean (plural maloga beans)

  1. (Australia) The pencil yam, Vigna lanceolata.
    • [T]he silent melaleuca trees and paperbark woodland, decorated for Christmas with bouquets of red mistletoe flowers and the sleepy olive vines of wild medicine and maloga beans.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 294

Forms of maloga bean

pluralmaloga beans

Origin of maloga bean

From Mayi-Thakurti malaka.

Questions about maloga bean

What does maloga bean mean?
Maloga bean means the pencil yam, Vigna lanceolata.
What part of speech is maloga bean?
Maloga bean is a noun.
What is the plural of maloga bean?
The plural of maloga bean is maloga beans.

Words near maloga bean in the dictionary

  1. malodors
  2. malodour
  3. malodourous
  4. malodourousness
  5. malodours
  6. maloga bean
  7. maloga beans
  8. maloid
  9. maloids
  10. maloik
  11. maloiks

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