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muawi

muawi noun: the name used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for a poisonous tree native to Mozambique whose bark was being studied for its pharmaceutical properties. Later sources determined it to be the same as sassywood, Erythrophleum suaveolens, to which it was often compared by earlier writers.

Noun

muawi (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The name used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for a poisonous tree native to Mozambique whose bark was being studied for its pharmaceutical properties. Later sources determined it to be the same as sassywood, Erythrophleum suaveolens, to which it was often compared by earlier writers.

Origin of muawi

From Swahili mwavi or a cognate in some other Bantu language.

Words formed from muawi

Questions about muawi

What does muawi mean?
Muawi means the name used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for a poisonous tree native to Mozambique whose bark was being studied for its pharmaceutical properties. Later sources determined it to be the same as sassywood, Erythrophleum suaveolens, to which it was often compared by earlier writers.
What part of speech is muawi?
Muawi is a noun.

Words near muawi in the dictionary

  1. muang
  2. Muang Sing
  3. muangs
  4. Muarrif
  5. MUAs
  6. muawi
  7. muawine
  8. Muay
  9. Muay Thai
  10. muazzin
  11. muazzins

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