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Definition of Mopane
1. Noun. A tree, ''Colophospermum mopane'', native to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Angola and Malawi ¹
2. Noun. The mopame worm or mopame moth ''Gonimbrasia belina'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mopane
1. a small South African tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mopane
Literary usage of Mopane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"The mopane- tree.—The Morala.—The Bushmen.—Their Superstitions.—Elephant-hunting.—
Superiority of civilized over barbarous Sportsmen. ..."
2. Water Supply of South Africa and Facilities for the Storage of it: And by John Croumbie Brown (1877)
"By sections of these baobabs and mopane trees interesting chronological data
might be obtained. Nor is it the times of the more marked eras alone which ..."
3. Household Livelihoods in Semi-arid Regions: Options and Constraints by Bruce Morgan Campbell (2002)
"She buys also second-hand clothes, mopane worms and sour milk from ... The mopane
worms she buys for Z$700 and sells them for Z$900. ..."
4. South African Journal of Science by South African association for the advancement of science (1904)
"... leaves are brown or reddish, even when of full size, and •consequently a mopane
at the beginning of summer looks like a European oak or beech in autumn. ..."
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