mogonono, noun
- Forms:
- Also mohonono.
- Origin:
- Setswana.
The vaalboom (see vaal sense 2), Terminalia sericea. Also attributive.
1864 T. Baines Explor. in S.-W. Afr. 441Passing through a thick mopane and mohonono forest, [we] outspanned about 7 p.m. in a more open flat.
1970 A. Sillery in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. II. 222Other species are mogonono or wild guinea (Terminalia sericea),..and various kinds of acacia.