"msasa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: msasas [plural]
Etymology: From Shona musasa. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|sn|musasa}} Shona musasa Head templates: {{en-noun}} msasa (plural msasas)
  1. A tree of Southern Africa, Brachystegia spiciformis. Categories (lifeform): Detarioideae subfamily plants

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for msasa meaning in English (1.5kB)

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