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mulukhiya

mulukhiya is the alternative form of mulukhiyah.

Meaning of mulukhiyah

Noun

mulukhiyah (uncountable)

  1. Corchorus species, particularly jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius), used as a vegetable in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, which can be boiled into a mucilaginous broth.
    • Limya is preparing mulukhiyah this morning, something she ate nearly every day when she lived in Sudan. It's a stew made of lamb and the mulukhiyah leaf, also known as mallow, popular in Middle Eastern cooking.2011, Lynne Christy Anderson, Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens
  2. The mucilaginous broth made by boiling this plant.

Questions about mulukhiya

What is mulukhiya the alternative form of?
Mulukhiya is the alternative form of mulukhiyah.

Words near mulukhiya in the dictionary

  1. multuring
  2. Multyfarnham
  3. Mulugeta
  4. Mulugetas
  5. Mulugu
  6. mulukhiya
  7. mulukhiyah
  8. mulukhiyya
  9. mulukhiyyah
  10. mulundocandin
  11. Mulvane

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