DIKA NUT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Edible oil-rich seed of wild mango

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("dika nut" is a kind of...):

edible seed (many are used as seasoning)

Holonyms ("dika nut" is a part of...):

dika; Irvingia gabonensis; wild mango; wild mango tree (African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites)

Holonyms ("dika nut" is a substance of...):

dika bread (somewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango; a staple food of some African peoples)

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