mopane

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Tswana mophane.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /məˈpɑːni/

Noun

mopane (plural mopanes)

  1. A tree, Colophospermum mopane, native to southern Africa.
  2. The mopane worm or mopane moth Gonimbrasia belina
    • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 21:
      The gay one, Alan, takes them with his current lover to an African restaurant, new venture in the city, offering traditional mopani worm snacks, tripe and usu with beans.

Translations

Spanish

Noun

mopane m (plural mopanes)

  1. mopane
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