Moabi
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Moabi is a noun meaning A tree of species Baillonella toxisperma, found throughout subtropical forests of Africa, used for its oil.
Meaning
A tree of species Baillonella toxisperma, found throughout subtropical forests of Africa, used for its oil.
Example Sentences
The inside walls are sheathed in an amber-colored veneer about the thickness of two sheets of paper, cut from a single log of an African moabi tree.
[…] Moreover, moabi trees situated in the agroforestry zone outside the UFM, reserved to the local communities, will not be exploited, increasing the availability of resource for the villagers. Surveys realized in the agroforestry zones show an average density of moabis (more than 70 cm of diameter) of 0,019/ha, representing an average of 314 tree stands for the agroforestry zone next to the UFM 10 039 (PFC, 2003a, b, c).
Word Forms
- moabis
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mowana, miombo, baobab, boab, tabaldi, tigerwood.
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