mongongo

  1. Noun.  A large, spreading tree of the ''Euphorbiaceae'', found on wooded hills and among sand dunes, with distinctive hand-shaped leaves, whose pale yellow wood resembles balsa.
  2. Noun.  Its egg-shaped, velvety fruit, having a thin layer of edible flesh surrounding a highly nutritious nut.

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