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Entry

1  avoko

Part of speech

2  noun

Vocabulary

3  Botany: grass

Explanations in Malagasy

4  Voninkazo dia maniry eny an-tanety, mandadina, mavokely ny voniny ary ny vodiny sahala amin' ny vomanga fotsy, sady fihinana koa 5  Ny avoko dia sarin' olona tsotsotra na manetry tena [1.1]

Explanations in English

6  a small straggling herb, the root of which is eaten in times of scarcity. Vigna angivensis, Baker. Same as kimaotsa (Bets.). [1.2]

Explanations in French

7  nom d'une racine comestible. [Tankarana] [1.19]8  (de voko : courbé, cintré, allusion à la forme des fruits). [Merina] [1.196]9  Vigna angivensis Baker (Fabaceae). Racine charnue, comestible en cas de disette. Excellent fourrage pour les animaux. 10  Tephrosia lyallii Baker (Fabaceae). Bonne espèce fourragère. [Betsileo]

Examples

11  Nitsimoka koa ny vonin' avoko. [2.529] 12  Toa irony vonin' avoko anaty vero. [2.296] 13  Lazao azy, ry vonin'avoko an-tampon-tanety; [1.282]

Synonyms

14  kimaotsa

Compound words

15  avokombiby     tsoak' avoko     voninavoko

Phytonyms

16  hanitravoko     voninavoko

Scientific name

17  Tephrosia lyallii     Vigna angivensis

Proverbs

18  Proverbs containing the word avoko

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Anagrams

19  avoko, ovoka

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Updated on 2020/07/31