Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leguminous tree, Parkia biglandulosa (P. Africana), native in western Africa and parts of India.
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In the meantime the coffle was ordered to lie concealed in a cotton-field near a large nitta-tree, and nobody to speak except in a whisper.
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In the meantime the coffle was ordered to lie concealed in a cotton-field near a large nitta-tree, and nobody to speak except in a whisper.
Travels in the Interior of Africa — Volume 02 Mungo Park 1788
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