Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also dika bread.

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  • noun A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of the Irvingia barteri.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites

Etymologies

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Native West African name.

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Examples

  • By planting a variety of indigenous vegetables -- like amaranth, dika, moringa, and African eggplant -- along with staple grains, farmers can improve food security while relying on local resources.

    Danielle Nierenberg: Don't Sweep Away Crop Diversity Danielle Nierenberg 2010

  • By planting a variety of indigenous vegetables -- like amaranth, dika, moringa, and African eggplant -- along with staple grains, farmers can improve food security while relying on local resources.

    Danielle Nierenberg: Don't Sweep Away Crop Diversity Danielle Nierenberg 2010

  • By planting a variety of indigenous vegetables -- like amaranth, dika, moringa, and African eggplant -- along with staple grains, farmers can improve food security while relying on local resources.

    Danielle Nierenberg: Don't Sweep Away Crop Diversity Danielle Nierenberg 2010

  • By planting a variety of indigenous vegetables -- like amaranth, dika, moringa, and African eggplant -- along with staple grains, farmers can improve food security while relying on local resources.

    Danielle Nierenberg: Don't Sweep Away Crop Diversity Danielle Nierenberg 2010

  • We pay tribute to his everlasting contribution to the freedom struggle and undying memory, and we say, "Dilo kamoka dika timela, eupja bogoshi gabo timele gobane, botseba ka gabo bjona!"

    A tribute to King Sekhukhune 2007

  • We pay tribute to his everlasting contribution to the freedom struggle and undying memory, and we say, "Dilo kamoka dika timela, eupja bogoshi gabo timele gobane, botseba ka gabo bjona!"

    CONTENTS: 2007

  • Tumellano ye ya maloko goba maloko kemedi a setšhaba a ile are tše dika phetagala ge ka moka re ka holofela tšošološho ya Afrika.

    SPEECH BY MS S MOTUBATSE-HOUNKPATIN, ANC MP DURING THE DEBATE ON THE RESIDENT'S STATE-OF-THE-NATION ADDRESS 2004

  • Giriama: mutunguru, muizu-wa-arisa Kamba: kitungulu Kambe: muizu-wa-arisa, mutunguru Malakote: kukube Orma: dika

    Chapter 7 1999

  • The dika nut matures in seven years and although exploitation is still limited to self-planted trees the dika seems suitable for planting in hedges, wooded areas, mixed orchards and pure groves.

    1. Lost crops of the incas. 1992

  • The kola nut (Cola nitida), dika nut (Irvingia gabonensis) and njansan (Ricinodendron africanum) all grow in wet forest regions but the kola is the most widely grown; it is widely traded as a bitter chewing stimulant.

    1. Lost crops of the incas. 1992

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