msasa
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editmsasa (plural msasas)
- A tree of Southern Africa, Brachystegia spiciformis. [from 20th c.]
- 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 285:
- From a big msasa tree that shaded the veranda a pigeon was cooing regularly.
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editmsasa (m-mi class, plural misasa)
- sandpaper, abrasive paper, emery paper
- a hookthorn tree (Senegalia caffra)