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miombo

miombo noun: any tree of the genus Brachystegia, native to tropical Africa.

Noun

miombo (countable and uncountable, plural miombos)

  1. (countable) Any tree of the genus Brachystegia, native to tropical Africa
  2. (uncountable) Woodland composed of such trees.
    • As if the anti-semites would let me forget! They have been killing Jews in the miombo ever since the drought began.1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 64

Forms of miombo

pluralmiombos

Origin of miombo

Borrowed from Bemba miombo, plural of muombo.

Words formed from miombo

Phrases with miombo

Questions about miombo

What does miombo mean?
Miombo means any tree of the genus Brachystegia, native to tropical Africa.
What part of speech is miombo?
Miombo is a noun.
What is the plural of miombo?
The plural of miombo is miombos.

Words near miombo in the dictionary

  1. miogeocline
  2. miogeoclines
  3. miogeosynclinal
  4. miogeosyncline
  5. miogeosynclines
  6. miombo
  7. miombo tit
  8. miombo tits
  9. miombos
  10. Mioritic
  11. mioses

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