bangon.
/ˈbaŋɡəʊ/ An East African reed.
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reedeOE
spirea1425
pole-reed1578
pool reed1587
reed-grass1597
marsh-reed1797
flag-reed1833
Phragmites1840
toi-toi1843
fox's foot1853
spire reed1863
trumpet reed1866
bango1899
kamish1902
Norfolk reed1952
1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 15 His dug-out canoe..was found..among the bango in a sheltered backwater.
1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 66 Sleepy natives..were turning over on their bango mats.
1907 Macmillan's Mag. May 525 All the bango reed was dead and burnt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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