Entry | 1 belena |
Elementary words | 2 be, lena |
Part of speech | 3 noun |
Vocabulary |
4 Botany: vegetable |
Explanations in English |
5 [lena, wet.] The sweet potato. Batatas edulis, Choisy. Same as vomanga, ovihazo (Bets.), vihazo (Bets.), mbizo (Bets.), and tsimanga (Prov.), etc. [Betsimisaraka, Sakalava]
[1.2] |
Explanations in French |
6 (de be : gros et lena : mouillé, humide ; allusion au tubercule aqueux). Variété de patate douce, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (Convolvulaceae), à gros tubercule. [Bara]
[1.196] [Sakalava] [Betsileo] |
Scientific name |
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Updated on 2024/10/08 |