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Definition of Iroko
1. Noun. A hardwood obtained from several African trees of the genus ''Chlorophora'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Iroko
1. a large African tree [n -KOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iroko
Literary usage of Iroko
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wit and Wisdom from West Africa; Or, A Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms by Richard Francis Burton (1865)
"Bi ommo da ori kan apa, apa a: bi o si da ori kan iroko, iroko ako o ... The iroko
is a tree used for building, and thus becomes an emblem of refuge, ..."
2. The Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor by Church Missionary Society (1880)
"The wood of the iroko tree is often used for building purposes and furniture;
when the natives use it they make some '•¡Turing to it to propitiate the iroko ..."
3. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1889)
"... o jan jan iroko jan jan. Everyone makes promise of a goat, [sheep Everyone
makes promise of a sheep, ..."
4. The Yoruba-speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa: Their by Alfred Burdon Ellis (1894)
"The iroko (silk-cotton tree) is also inhabited by a spirit, but it is not very
... The iroko is used chiefly for building, whence probably it comes to be ..."
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