dika
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Noun (1)
- African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termitesSynonyms: wild mangowild mango treeIrvingia gabonensisType of fruit treeParts dika nutMember of Irvingia, genus Irvingia
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Di′ka noun
Origin: Native West African name.
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54