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Swahili

kiyuyu

kee-YOO-yoo

How to say it

Swahilikiyuyukee-YOO-yoosoon
Englishpoisonous shrubsoon
Frencharbuste vénéneuxsoon

Meaning

a poisonous shrub, Synadenium carinatum.

Good to know

poisonous; not to be eaten or handled carelessly.

Examples

  • Kiyuyu hukua kando ya barabara.Synadenium carinatum grows along the roadside.
  • Watoto wanapaswa kuepuka kiyuyu.Children should avoid the poisonous kiyuyu shrub.
  • Je, kiyuyu kinatumika kama dawa?Is kiyuyu used as medicine?
  • Mfugaji aliondoa kiyuyu shambani kwa sababu ni sumu kwa mifugo.The farmer removed the kiyuyu shrub from the field because it is poisonous to livestock.

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