mopani

British  

/ mɒˈpɑːnɪ /

noun

1. Also called: ironwood.  a leguminous tree, Colophospermum (or Copaifera ) mopane , native to southern Africa, that is highly resistant to drought and produces very hard wood

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Etymology

Origin of mopani

C19: from Setswana (a Bantu language) mo-pane

Example Sentences

Nevertheless, rainwater harvesting has been slow to gain widespread traction in the region of 80,000 people, where much of the land is barren apart from drought-resistant acacia and mopani trees.

From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2017

Steering by the stars and the seats of their pants, they skirt the Great Makarikari Salt Pan, bounce through mopani forests, across sand dunes and dry lakebeds.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then it was back to the rocks, to chewing on grass stems, listening to the sluck of water and brushing away mopani flies.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

You brushed away thousands of mopani flies through the years.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

A mile or so farther, just the other side of a dry sluit, I saw a brand-new bush-buck spoor leading into the mopani.

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram