Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) Amall shrubby African tree (Brachystegia speciformis) having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers

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Examples

  • Ila nadhani kuna umuhimu wa kuwafundisha watanzania “raia” mbinu za awali za medani na jinsi ya kusaidia na kujisaidia panapotokea balaa lolote. kwa sasa watz wengi bado “bongo lala” - penye hatari sisi tunakimbilia, utayari na kutambua hatari ni karibu na sifuri - JKT irudishwe upya kuondoa uzembe unaojionyesha na kuweka watu fiti kwa mujibu (kupiga msasa).

    Global Voices in English » Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Armoury Explosion Death Toll Rises 2009

  • But outside the birds were singing as if a more magnificent day had never dawned, the sky was billowing through the fresh, young leaves of the msasa like cobalt silk, and the familiar sounds of farming were riding in on the clean breeze.

    Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

  • In the new room I was up in the msasa tree with the birds—practically in the branches.

    Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

  • But outside the birds were singing as if a more magnificent day had never dawned, the sky was billowing through the fresh, young leaves of the msasa like cobalt silk, and the familiar sounds of farming were riding in on the clean breeze.

    Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

  • In the new room I was up in the msasa tree with the birds—practically in the branches.

    Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

  • Samburu: se'eki, lamantume Somali: marergom, marer-girgir (Tana River), marer-goh Swahili: msasa Tharaka: muthugagu, mutugangu

    Chapter 7 1999

  • Southwestward, i usa credit card msasa fruitful for seo and i melodramatically tater when spaceship try to do seo by roomette unascribable pigweed on adequacy.

    Rational Review 2009

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