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msasa

msasa noun: a tree of Southern Africa, Brachystegia spiciformis.

Noun

msasa (plural msasas)

  1. A tree of Southern Africa, Brachystegia spiciformis.
    • From a big msasa tree that shaded the veranda a pigeon was cooing regularly.1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 285

Forms of msasa

pluralmsasas

Origin of msasa

From Shona musasa.

Questions about msasa

What does msasa mean?
Msasa means a tree of Southern Africa, Brachystegia spiciformis.
What part of speech is msasa?
Msasa is a noun.
What is the plural of msasa?
The plural of msasa is msasas.

Words near msasa in the dictionary

  1. msakhan
  2. msakhurtukhutsesi
  3. MSAL
  4. MSAR
  5. MSAs
  6. msasa
  7. msasas
  8. MSAU
  9. MSAW
  10. MSAWs
  11. MSB

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