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Mbúmba

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Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    Indelible design made on human skin; tattoo.
  2. 2
    Colocynth, or bastard gourd; gourd plant.
  3. 3
    Mbúmba ia iala: herbaceous plant of the family Convolvulaceae (ipomaea deracea), with edible fruit.
  4. 4
    Mbúmba ia xole: herbaceous plant of the family Cucurbitaceae (trochomeria vitifolia), with a root that is both edible and medicinal against membranous tonsillitis.

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