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mucka-mucka|ˈmʌkəmʌkə|
[Native name.]
A name used in Guyana for the large perennial herb, Caladium arborescens, native to tropical America and belonging to the family Araceæ. Also attrib.
1918C. W. Beebe Jungle Peace (1919) vi. 123 Mucka-mucka was here and there in the foreground. 1955Times 16 July 7/6 They perched, feeding on the leaves of mucka-mucka, a giant variety of arum. Ibid. 23 July 7/6, I sat alone and very still in a primitive dug-out after edging it into the heart of a mucka-mucka plant (Caladium arborescens) and tying the boat to one of its thick stems. 1958J. Carew Black Midas iii. 35 The weeds, the wild cane, the lilies, the mucka-mucka were all still under the burning sun. |