Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of large trees of Africa, belonging to the natural order Bignoniaceæ and to the tribe Crescentieæ, having large pinnate alternate leaves, an ample leathery calyx with oblique, 2- to 5-eleft limb, and the flowers in long, loose, pendent panicles.
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Examples
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His extreme caution is taken advantage of by the women, who hang, as a miniature trap-beam, a kigelia fruit with a bit of stick in the end.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Nefer hurried to meet her and led her to her a giant kigelia tree under whose spreading branches a breakfast feast was laid out in the shade.
Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001
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His extreme caution is taken advantage of by the women, who hang, as a miniature trap-beam, a kigelia fruit with a bit of stick in the end.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843
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