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.
1878 K. Johnston Africa 427The silvery mohonono..is in form like the ceder of Lebanon.
1949 K.L. Simms Sun-Drenched Veld 33There is..the cedar-spread of the mohonono.
1970 A. Sillery in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. II. 222Other species are mogonono or wild guinea (Terminalia sericea),..and various kinds of acacia.
The vaalboom (see vaal sense 2), Terminalia sericea. Also attributive.
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