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| MALAGASY WORD |  |
bontona |
| SYNTAX | noun | |
| ENGLISH TRANSLATION | A species of baobab tree. Adansonia madagascariensis, B. The wood soaked in the water is given to cattle to drink to fatten them for the market, the fat, however, being of an unnatural character. Same as Za and Mboio (Sak.) [Richardson 1885] | |
| FRENCH TRANSLATION | Baobab [Tanosy] [Rakotosaona 1972] | |
| Nom d'une espèce d'arbre ; sorte de baobab. (bozo). [Antankarana] [David 1952] | ||
| VOCABULARY | Botany: trees | |
| SYNONYMS | bozo ~ mboio ~ za | |
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