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mnukauvundo

m-noo-kah-oo-VOON-doh

How to say it

Swahilimnukauvundom-noo-kah-oo-VOON-dohsoon
Englishcoffee sennasoon
Frenchséné puantsoon

Meaning

a shrub, coffee senna (Cassia occidentalis), whose name literally means smells of stench.

Good to know

mnukauvundo (a shrub mngurumizi (wa-) 1. one who roars /growls / r. r. - Cassia occidentalis). bellows; grumbler, faultfinder Cf

Examples

  • Mnukauvundo hukua kando ya njia.Coffee senna grows along the roadside.
  • Wakulima huchoma mnukauvundo kwa sababu ya harufu yake mbaya.Farmers burn coffee senna because of its bad smell.
  • Mbegu za mnukauvundo hutumika katika dawa za asili.Coffee senna seeds are used in traditional medicine.

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