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walipini

walipini noun: an earth-sheltered cold frame.

Noun

walipini (plural walipinis)

  1. An earth-sheltered cold frame.
    • Compared to conventional greenhouses, Walipinis are considerably cheaper and more effective for this part of the world.2018 June 14, Inma Gil Rosendo, “Farming underground in a fight against climate change”, in BBC News

Forms of walipini

pluralwalipinis

Origin of walipini

From a term in an Aymaran language for "place of warmth".

Questions about walipini

What does walipini mean?
Walipini means an earth-sheltered cold frame.
What part of speech is walipini?
Walipini is a noun.
What is the plural of walipini?
The plural of walipini is walipinis.

Words near walipini in the dictionary

  1. walimu
  2. waling
  3. waling on
  4. waling-waling
  5. walings
  6. walipini
  7. walipinis
  8. walis
  9. waliship
  10. waliships
  11. Waliszew

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