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mowah

mowah 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 mowah

pluralmowahs

Questions about mowah

What is mowah the alternative form of?
Mowah is the alternative form of mahua.

Words near mowah in the dictionary

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

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