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Entry

1  belena

Part of speech

2  noun

Elementary words

3  be, lena

Explanations in English

4  [1.2] [lena, wet.] The sweet potato. Batatas edulis, Choisy. Same as vomanga, ovihazo (Bets.), vihazo (Bets.), mbizo (Bets.), and tsimanga (Prov.), etc. [Betsimisaraka, Sakalava]

Explanations in French

5  [1.196] (de be : gros et lena : mouillé, humide ; allusion au tubercule aqueux). Variété de patate douce, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (Convolvulaceae), à gros tubercule. [Bara, Sakalava, Betsileo]

Vocabulary

6  Botany: vegetable

Analogs

7  bele

Scientific name

Ipomoea batatas

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Updated on 2025/09/13