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mugongo

mugongo is the alternative form of mongongo.

Meaning of mongongo

Noun

mongongo (plural mongongos)

  1. A large, spreading tree (Schinziophyton rautanenii) of the family Euphorbiaceae, found on wooded hills and among sand dunes, with distinctive hand-shaped leaves, whose pale yellow wood resembles balsa.
  2. Its egg-shaped, velvety fruit, having a thin layer of edible flesh surrounding a highly nutritious nut.

Questions about mugongo

What is mugongo the alternative form of?
Mugongo is the alternative form of mongongo.

Words near mugongo in the dictionary

  1. mugless
  2. Mugliston
  3. Muglistons
  4. mugly
  5. mugolio
  6. mugongo
  7. Mugrabi
  8. Mugrabis
  9. mugs
  10. mugs off
  11. mugs up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mugongo (page history and authors); mongongo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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