miombo
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of miombo
C19: probably from a Niger-Congo language
Example Sentences
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The camp itself is composed of four tents on raised wooden decks with private front porches shaded by trees of the surrounding miombo forest.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022
The Cerrado ranks as the world’s most diverse tropical savanna, even richer than the miombo, a similar habitat in southern Africa.
From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2013
The sun was intensely hot; but the mtundu and miombo trees grew at intervals, just enough to admit free growth to each tree, while the blended foliage formed a grateful shade.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
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