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mowa

mowa 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 mowa

pluralmowas

Questions about mowa

What is mowa the alternative form of?
Mowa is the alternative form of mahua.

Words near mowa in the dictionary

  1. Mow Cop
  2. mow down
  3. mow strip
  4. mow strips
  5. mow the grass
  6. mowa
  7. mowable
  8. mowah
  9. mowahs
  10. mowana
  11. mowanas

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