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wimbi

wimbi noun: finger millet, Eleusine coracana.

Noun

wimbi (uncountable)

  1. finger millet, Eleusine coracana.
    • A little wimbi flour and a bit of medicine are put into the water.1902 January 1, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Uganda protectorate, Dalcassian Publishing Company, page 792

Origin of wimbi

From Swahili wimbi.

Questions about wimbi

What does wimbi mean?
Wimbi means finger millet, Eleusine coracana.
What part of speech is wimbi?
Wimbi is a noun.

Words near wimbi in the dictionary

  1. Wimberleys
  2. Wimberly
  3. Wimberlys
  4. wimberries
  5. wimberry
  6. wimbi
  7. Wimbish
  8. Wimbishes
  9. wimble
  10. wimbled
  11. Wimbledon

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