mohwa
Americannoun
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The seeds of the mohwa yield an oil much prized by the natives, and used occasionally for adulterating ghee.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
His fleshly father and mother die and disappear, but the mohwa is with him for ever!
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
In the hope of inducing him to eat, they gave him some mohwa wrapped in a sal leaf.
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
If you ask a Gond about the mohwa he will tell you it is his father and mother.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
The jhaman, the siris and the mohwa are likewise in bloom and, ere the close of the month, the amaltas or Indian laburnum will put forth its bright yellow flowers in great profusion.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Douglas Dewar
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