Kikuyu word senses marked with lifeform category "Trees"

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Parent categories: Plants, Lifeforms, Life, Nature
Subcategories: Citrus subfamily plants, Conifers, Cornales order plants, Custard apple family plants, Ericales order plants, Eucalypts, Fig trees, Lamiales order plants, Laurel family plants, Legumes, Mulberry family plants, Myrtales order plants, Myrtle family plants, Oxalidales order plants, Palm trees, Proteales order plants, Rue family plants, Sapindales order plants, Soapberry family plants, Sumac family plants, Willows and poplars

Total 94 word senses

• gĩthũũri (Noun) some succulent species of Euphorbia; candelabra tree, naboom (E. ingens); its latex may cause temporary blindness if applied to the eyes.
• gĩthũũri (Noun) some succulent species of Euphorbia; E. bussei var. kibwezensis
• gĩthũũri (Noun) some succulent species of Euphorbia; E. cussonioides
• icani (Noun) tea-leaves
• ithangũ (Noun) leaf
• kaiyaba (Noun) Kei apple (Dovyalis caffra); introduced from Southern Africa, fruit edible, also used for hedging.
• kari (Noun) some species of the family Connaraceae; Agelaea pentagyna (syn. A. heterophylla)
• mbaage (Noun) Fruit and seeds of plants of species Biancaea decapetala (Mauritius thorn) (mũbaage); seeds were used for divination.
• mboco (Noun) dwarf bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
• minji (Noun) pea (Pisum sativum)
• muunjuga (Noun) butterfly bush (Rotheca myricoides, syn. Clerodendrum myricoides)
• muunjuga-iria (Noun) Pavetta elliottii
• mwĩnũ (Noun) peanut butter cassia, candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya, syn. Cassia didymobotrya); traditionally used as a purgative, etc.
• mũbaage (Noun) Mauritius thorn (Biancaea decapetala, syn. Caesalpinia decapetala, C. sepiaria); native to Asia, but naturalized to Kenya for a very long time; traditionally used for hedge.
• mũbariti (Noun) silky oak, southern silky oak (Grevillea robusta)
• mũbaũ (Noun) blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus)
• mũbirũbirũ (Noun) tree or shrub of Rubiaceae; Canthium oligocarpum subsp. friesiorum (syn. Rytigynia friesiorum)
• mũbĩngũ (Noun) African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
• mũcarage (Noun) Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense)
• mũcemeki (Noun) Afrocrania volkensii (syn. Cornus volkensii), a timber-tree of the family Cornaceae.
• mũciciũ (Noun) Premna maxima, a tree species of the family Lamiaceae (formerly Verbenaceae); endemic to Kenya, producing timber, but in the IUCN Red List evaluated as 'Endangered' due to probable habitat loss caused by local development.
• mũcũgi (Noun) white pear (Apodytes dimidiata); produces hard timber.
• mũcũthi (Noun) Agelaea pentagyna (syn. A. heterophylla); according to Leakey (1977), it was used for making tonic soup.
• mũembe (Noun) mango-tree (Mangifera indica)
• mũgaa (Noun) red acacia (Vachellia seyal, syn. Acacia stenocarpa, A. seyal)
• mũgaita (Noun) Certain species of Primulaceae producing fruits (ngaita) used as a vermifuge.; Cape myrtle (Myrsine africana)
• mũgaita (Noun) Certain species of Primulaceae producing fruits (ngaita) used as a vermifuge.; Myrsine rhododendroides, syn. Rapanea rhododendroides
• mũgoro (Noun) tree-fuchsia (Halleria lucida)
• mũgumo (Noun) Any of several species of the genus Ficus; regarded as sacred by Kikuyu people and decoction of its bark with milk is used for treating dysentery; wild fig, stranger fig (Ficus thonningii)
• mũgumo (Noun) Any of several species of the genus Ficus; regarded as sacred by Kikuyu people and decoction of its bark with milk is used for treating dysentery; bark cloth fig (Ficus natalensis)
• mũhethu (Noun) charcoal tree, gunpowder tree (Trema orientalis, syn. T. guineensis)
• mũhoko (Noun) endod, African soapberry (Phytolacca dodecandra; though very poisonous, parts of this plant were traditionally used for treating cattle sickness and as aperient for human being.
• mũhũgũ (Noun) muhugu, muhuhu (Brachylaena huillensis), syn. B. hutchinsii); Kikuyu people have used this species for firewood, poles, partitioning walls (mĩhĩrĩgo), etc.
• mũhũri (Noun) shrub or tree of the genus Oncoba; fried egg tree, snuff-box tree (Oncoba spinosa)
• mũigaigua (Noun) shrub or tree of the genus Oncoba; branches with axillary spines.; Oncoba routledgei
• mũigaigua (Noun) shrub or tree of the genus Oncoba; branches with axillary spines.; snuff-box tree, fried egg tree (Oncoba spinosa)
• mũiri (Noun) red stinkwood, African cherry, African plum, African prune (Prunus africana, syn. Pygeum africanum)
• mũita-thũa (Noun) orange-milk tree (Harungana madagascariensis); contains red sap and wood used for building material.
• mũkarakaba (Noun) cypress, especially Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)
• mũkarara (Noun) Margaritaria discoidea (syn. Phyllanthus discoideus), a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae (formerly Euphorbiaceae); traditionally used for making planks (mĩhĩrĩgo).
• mũkenia (Noun) Lantana trifolia
• mũkinyai (Noun) magic guarri (Euclea divinorum)
• mũkoigo (Noun) coast goldleaf, coastal goldenleaf, sweetberry (Bridelia micrantha); traditionally used for building material
• mũkomakoma (Noun) Psychotria fractinervata (syn. Grumilea exserta)
• mũkongoro (Noun) mortar for making sugar-cane beer; according to Leakey (1977), it was made of red stinkwood (mũiri).
• mũkorobia (Noun) avocado (Persea americana)
• mũkorombothi (Noun) Afrocrania volkensii, a timber-tree of the family Cornaceae
• mũkĩndũ (Noun) Senegal date palm, wild date palm (Phoenix reclinata)
• mũkũndũ (Noun) several tree species of the family Rubiaceae; Mitragyna rubrostipulata (syn. Fleroya rubrostipulata); yields timber.
• mũkũngũgũ (Noun) Commiphora eminii subsp. zimmermannii (syn. C. missionis, C. zimmermannii), tree of the family Burseraceae; traditionally used by Kikuyu people for hedging, supporter of yam vine, and so on.
• mũkũyũ (Noun) certain species of the genus Ficus.; sycamore (F. sycomorus)
• mũkũyũ (Noun) certain species of the genus Ficus.; Cape fig (F. sur)
• mũmondo (Noun) African redwood (Hagenia abyssinica, syn. Brayera anthelmintica)
• mũna (Noun) muna (Pouteria adolfi-friedericii, syn. Aningeria adolfi-friedericii); yields timber.
• mũraraciĩ (Noun) Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense)
• mũratina (Noun) sausage tree; its ripe fruits are used for fermenting sugar-cane beverage and in Nyeri County, decoction of the leaves, barks and fruits is allegedly used for treating gonorrhoea, syphilis, measles, etc.
• mũrera (Noun) fever tree, Naivasha thorn (Acacia xanthophloea)
• mũrera-kĩĩmbu (Noun) Canthium oligocarpum subsp. friesiorum (syn. Rytigynia friesiorum), shrub or tree species of the family Rubiaceae
• mũringa (Noun) large-leafed cordia (Cordia africana, syn. C. abyssinica, C. holstii); traditionally used for making hives and stools
• mũringathinga (Noun) Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata (syn. M. odorata); tree or shrub of the family Rubiaceae
• mũruma-andũ (Noun) Bersama abyssinica, a shrub or tree of the family Francoaceae (formerly Melianthaceae)
• mũrũrũ (Noun) ramontchi, governor's plum, Indian plum (Flacourtia indica); fruit edible.
• mũrũrũ (Noun) forest pepper, Lopez root, wild orange tree (Toddalia asiatica)
• mũrũrũa (Noun) Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense)
• mũrũrũe (Noun) forest pepper, Lopez root, wild orange tree (Toddalia asiatica); formerly its leaves and roots were used for treating feverish colds, and recently leaf decoction for colds, asthma, chest pain and toothache
• mũtamaiyũ (Noun) wild olive, brown olive (Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata, syn. O. africana, O. europaea subsp. africana, O. chrysophylla)
• mũtarakwa (Noun) African pencil cedar, East African cedar (Juniperus procera)
• mũtatĩ (Noun) parasol tree; Polyscias kikuyuensis; produces soft timber, used traditionally for making beehive and mole-trap.
• mũtendera (Noun) forest peach (Rawsonia lucida (syn. R. usambarensis); produces timber.
• mũthaithi (Noun) certain species of the genus Cassipourea (Rhizophoraceae); pillar wood (C. malosana)
• mũthaithi (Noun) certain species of the genus Cassipourea (Rhizophoraceae); C. rotundifolia
• mũthaitĩ (Noun) East African camphorwood (Kuloa usambarensis; syn. Ocotea usambarensis) or Ocotea kenyensis; wood of at least the former one was used for making partitioning walls (mĩhĩrĩgo), containers related to honey, etc.
• mũthandũkũ (Noun) chicken pox
• mũthathumwa (Noun) Hypericum revolutum, a shrub or tree of the St. John's wort family (Hypericaceae)
• mũthegethe (Noun) canary-bird bush, birdflower, lion's claw, rattlebox (Crotalaria agatiflora)
• mũthithe (Noun) African sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata, syn. O. abyssinica)
• mũthithikũ (Noun) African redwood (Hagenia abyssinica)
• mũthũũri (Noun) candelabra tree (Euphorbia ingens); its latex may cause temporary blindness if applied to the eyes.
• mũtomoko (Noun) cherimoya tree (Annona cherimola)
• mũtuuya (Noun) giant yellow mulberry (Myrianthus holstii and Myrianthus arboreus)
• mũtĩ (Noun) tree
• mũtĩ-mũirũ (Noun) Galiniera saxifraga (syn. G. coffeoides); shrub or tree of the family Rubiaceae
• mũtĩ-mũirũ (Noun) shrub or tree species of the genus Turraea (Meliaceae); Turraea holstii
• mũtĩ-mũirũ (Noun) shrub or tree species of the genus Turraea (Meliaceae); Turraea abyssinica
• mũtũma (Noun) shot-gun
• ndabibi (Noun) wood sorrel (Oxalis sp.)
• ndabibi (Noun) clover (Trifolium sp.)
• ndimũ (Noun) lime (Citrus × aurantiifolia)
• njahĩ (Noun) seed(s) of hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus, syn. Dolichos lablab)
• noe (Noun) Lima bean(s), butter bean(s), Madagascar bean(s) (Phaseolus lunatus)
• ruai (Noun) whistling thorn (Vachellia drepanolobium, syn. Acacia drepanolobium)
• rũathe (Noun) Psydrax parviflora, especially subsp. rubrocostata (syn. Canthium rubrocostatum), tree of the madder family (Rubiaceae); yields timber.
• rũhonge (Noun) rump, hip
• thandara (Noun) tangerine

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