MALAGASY WORD longoza
SYNTAX   noun
MALAGASY DEFINITION   Karazan-tsakamalao sy tamotamo ary sakarivobe, [...] [full text in Rajemisa 1985]
   Aframomum angustifolium K. Schum (Zinzibéracées). Oe (écharde): tovon-dongoza, tsy misy ravina: asitrika anaty afo, dia apetaka eo amin' ny vava fery. [Descheemaeker 1986]
ENGLISH TRANSLATION   (longoza or longozy) a species of cardamom plant. The leaves are frequently used as substitutes for spoons. Known in Mauritius as Longouze (Amomum angustifolium, Hanb.) Same as lingoza (Betsimisaraka) [Richardson 1885]
FRENCH TRANSLATION   (longoza et longozy) plante; longouze, dont les feuilles sont employées souvent en guise de cuillère. Amomum Daniellii. [Abinal 1888]
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