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Entry1  belena
Elementary words  2  be, lena
Part of speech  3  noun
Vocabulary  4  Botany: vegetable
Explanations in English  5  [lena, wet.] The sweet potato. Batatas edulis, Choisy. Same as vomanga, ovihazo (Bets.), vihazo (Bets.), mbizo (Bets.), and tsimanga (Prov.), etc. [Betsimisaraka, Sakalava] [1.2]
Explanations in French  6  (de be : gros et lena : mouillé, humide ; allusion au tubercule aqueux). Variété de patate douce, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (Convolvulaceae), à gros tubercule. [Bara] [1.196]
7  [Sakalava]
8  [Betsileo]
Scientific name 
9  Ipomoea batatas
   
Updated on 2024/10/08