maloga bean en · NOUN
Etymology
From Mayi-Thakurti malaka.
Meanings
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(Australia) The pencil yam, Vigna lanceolata.
[T]he silent melaleuca trees and paperbark woodland, decorated for Christmas with bouquets of red mistletoe flowers and the sleepy olive vines of wild medicine and maloga beans.
2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 294:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| maloga beans | Number=Plur | lexicographic |