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mapou

mapou noun: on Haiti, the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra.

Noun

mapou (plural mapous)

  1. On Haiti, the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra.
    • “They found him beneath a great mapou tree, and one by one he called for his grandchildren, including Max's father.”1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 75
    • The mapou belongs to Legba, the master of the crossroads, one of the most important gods in the pantheon, Apollo to Ogoun's Ares.2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 78

Forms of mapou

pluralmapous

Origin of mapou

From Haitian Creole mapou.

Questions about mapou

What does mapou mean?
Mapou means on Haiti, the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra.
What part of speech is mapou?
Mapou is a noun.
What is the plural of mapou?
The plural of mapou is mapous.

Words near mapou in the dictionary

  1. mapo tofu
  2. Mapoch War
  3. mapocho
  4. Mapocho River
  5. Maponos
  6. mapou
  7. mapous
  8. MAPP
  9. MAPPA
  10. mappa mundi
  11. mappability

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