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mohonono S. Afr.|məʊhəʊˈnəʊnəʊ| [ad. Lozi muHonono.] An evergreen tree with grey-green leaves, Terminalia sericea, of the family Combretaceæ, native to southern Africa; also called Transvaal silver leaf and vaalboom.
1864T. Baines Explor. S.-W. Afr. xx. 441 Passing through a thick mopane and mohonono forest, [we] out⁓spanned about 7 p.m. in a more open flat. 1878K. Johnston Africa xxiv. 427 The silvery mohonono..is in form like the cedar of Lebanon. 1949K. L. Simms Sun-Drenched Veld iii. 33 There is..the cedar-spread of the mohonono. |