miombo

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noun

Any tree of the genus Brachystegia, native to tropical Africa

OriginBemba miombo →
RareFirst used 19th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

nounmiombo (countable and uncountable, plural miombos)

plural miombos

  1. countableAny tree of the genus Brachystegia, native to tropical Africa
  2. uncountableWoodland composed of such trees.First known use 19th c.

    As if the anti-semites would let me forget! They have been killing Jews in the miombo ever since the drought began.

    1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 64

Origin

  1. Bembamiombo
  2. Englishmiombo

Borrowed from Bemba miombo, plural of muombo.

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Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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