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mashua

mashua noun: a root vegetable grown in the Andes, Tropaeolum tuberosum.

mashua: a root vegetable grown in the Andes, Tropaeolum tuberosum
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Noun (1)

mashua (plural mashuas)

  1. A root vegetable grown in the Andes, Tropaeolum tuberosum.

Noun (2)

mashua (plural mashuas)

  1. A type of simple fishing vessel found on the coast of East Africa.

mashua meaning in Tamil

mashua in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of mashua

pluralmashuas
alternative formmashwa
alternative formmachua
alternative formmachwa
alternative formmuchwa

Origin of mashua

From Spanish mashua, from an indigenous language.

Borrowed from Swahili mashua (“boat”), borrowed from Omani Arabic ماشوة.

Questions about mashua

What does mashua mean?
Mashua means a root vegetable grown in the Andes, Tropaeolum tuberosum.
What is mashua in Tamil?
Mashua in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Mashua meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mashua?
Mashua is a noun.
What is the plural of mashua?
The plural of mashua is mashuas.

Words near mashua in the dictionary

  1. Mashreqis
  2. Mashrik
  3. Mashriq
  4. mashroo
  5. mashru
  6. mashua
  7. mashuas
  8. mashugana
  9. mashuganas
  10. mashuganuh
  11. Mashujaa Day

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mashua (page history and authors); mashua (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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