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Iângu

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Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    • Common and generic name for various annual or perennial plants, grasses, sedges or forage plants, which dry out after fruiting (andropogon amulatus).
    • Grass
    • Wild plant of uncultivated land
    • Coarse grass
    • Lawn grass
    • Land covered with grass.
    Examples
    • 💬iângu ia kandâmbia
    • 💬ng'endele muiângu
  2. 2
    Husks; coverings of fruits, capsules, etc. . V. ixaxi.
    Examples
    • 💬iângu ia makunde
  3. 3
    • Quantity of dry tree leaves
    • Chaff
    • Hay
    • Fodder
    • Pasture.
    Examples
    • 💬iângu ia mungenge
    • 💬kuéne o ngómbe kueniê iângu
  4. 4
    • Sweepings
    • What is gathered by sweeping
    • Dust
    • Straw
    • Rubbish.
    Examples
    • 💬kukukulaiângu
  5. 5
    V. kauéue.
    Examples
    • 💬iângu ia kauéue
  6. 6
    • medicinal plant of the Asteraceae family better known as 'herva Santa Maria'
    • Ambrosia.
    Examples
    • 💬iângu ia nzambi
  7. 7
    Ambrosia-like plants.
  8. 8
    • Grassland
    • Grassy land
    • Ground where coarse grass grows.
    Examples
    • 💬ixi iaiângu

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