melinjo
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Noun[edit]
melinjo
- An evergreen tree, Gnetum gnemon, native to Indonesia and widely used in local cuisine.
- 1995, Othman Yaacob, Suranant Subhadrabandhu, The Production of Economic Fruits in South-East Asia, page 237:
- According to history, the melinjo is a native of the Malay Peninsula from where it later spread to Assam in India and to Fiji.
- 2003, Wendy Hutton, Handy Pocket Guide to Asian Herbs & Spices, page 15:
- A native of Southeast Asia, the melinjo tree is found wild in the forests and is also cultivated in some areas.
- 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 76:
- Nuraeni put the stove, the plate rack, and buckets beneath a melinjo tree behind their home.