alizeti

How to say it

Meaning

A tall plant with a large yellow flower whose seeds are pressed for cooking oil. In Tanzania it is an important cash crop, especially in Singida and Dodoma.

Good to know

N class noun, plural also alizeti: shamba la alizeti, a sunflower field; mafuta ya alizeti, sunflower oil; mbegu za alizeti, sunflower seeds.

Examples

• Wakulima wa Singida hulima alizeti kwa wingi.Farmers in Singida grow a lot of sunflowers.
• Mama hupika kwa mafuta ya alizeti.Mother cooks with sunflower oil.
• Shamba lao la alizeti limechanua maua ya njano.Their sunflower field is covered in yellow flowers.