mulukhiyah en · NOUN
Etymology
From Arabic مُلُوخِيَّة (mulūḵiyya).
Meanings
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(uncountable) Corchorus species, particularly jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius), used as a vegetable in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, which can be boiled into a mucilaginous broth.
Limya is preparing mulukhiyah this morning, something she ate nearly every day when she lived in Sudan. It's a stew made of lamb and the mulukhiyah leaf, also known as mallow, popular in Middle Eastern cooking.
2011, Lynne Christy Anderson, Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens:
- (uncountable) The mucilaginous broth made by boiling this plant.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| molohiya | alternative | lexicographic | |
| molokhia | alternative | lexicographic | |
| moroheiya | alternative | lexicographic | |
| mulukhiyya | alternative | lexicographic | |
| mloukhiya | alternative | lexicographic | |
| mulukhiya | alternative | lexicographic | |
| malukhiyah | alternative | lexicographic | |
| mulukhiyyah | alternative | lexicographic |