mopane

English

Alternative forms

• mopani

Etymology

From Tswana mophane.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈpɑːni/

Noun

mopane (plural mopanes)

1. A tree, Colophospermum mopane, native to southern Africa.
2. The mopane worm or mopane moth Gonimbrasia belina
   • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 21:

     The gay one, Alan, takes them with his current lover to an African restaurant, new venture in the city, offering traditional mopani worm snacks, tripe and usu with beans.

Translations

Colophospermum mopanea, a tree of southern Africa

• Afrikaans: mopanie
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可樂豆樹／可乐豆树, 蝴蝶樹／蝴蝶树

• Italian: mopane
• Portuguese: mutiati m or f (Angola), chanate m (Mozambique), mopane m

Gonimbrasia belina

• Afrikaans: mopaniewurm

Spanish

Noun

mopane m (plural mopanes)

1. mopane