danta

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noun

A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera.

OriginAnyi danta ← Sehwi danta →
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Meanings

noundanta (countable and uncountable, plural dantas)

plural dantas

  1. countableuncountableA deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera.
  2. countableuncountableThe wood of this tree.

Origin

  1. Sehwidanta
  2. Anyidanta
  3. Englishdanta

Borrowed from a certain Ghanaian vernacular name (compare Anyi danta, Sehwi danta).

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Translations

French kotibé
  • kotibéNesogordonia papaverifera
Japanese コティベ, ダンタ
  • コティベ (kotibe)Nesogordonia papaverifera
  • ダンタ (danta)its wood

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tanda
Cite this entry
APA

danta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/danta

MLA

“danta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/danta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “danta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/danta.

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