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mohwa

mohwa is the alternative form of mahua.

Meaning of mahua

Noun

mahua (plural mahuas)

  1. Madhuca longifolia, a fast-growing Indian tropical tree cultivated for its oleaginous seeds.
    • When the Mannewars, another forest tribe of the Central Provinces, pick the flowers of the mahua tree (Bassia latifolia), they worship the tree and offer it some of the liquor distilled from the new flowers, along with a fowl and a goat.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 119
    Synonyms:
    iluppai, mowra butter tree

Forms of mohwa

pluralmohwas

Questions about mohwa

What is mohwa the alternative form of?
Mohwa is the alternative form of mahua.

Words near mohwa in the dictionary

  1. Mohurram
  2. mohurrer
  3. mohurrers
  4. Mohurrum
  5. mohurs
  6. mohwa
  7. mohwas
  8. Mohyeddin
  9. Mohyliv-Podilskyi
  10. Mohács
  11. Mohéli

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