msasa

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English

Etymology

From Shona musasa.

Noun

msasa (plural msasas)

  1. A tree of Southern Africa, Brachystegia spiciformis.
    • 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 285:
      From a big msasa tree that shaded the veranda a pigeon was cooing regularly.

Anagrams

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Noun

msasa (m-mi class, plural misasa)

  1. sandpaper, abrasive paper, emery paper
  2. a hookthorn tree (Senegalia caffra)