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miombo|mɪˈɒmbəʊ|
Also miomba.
[Swahili.]
A tree of the tropical African genus Brachystegia, belonging to the family Leguminosæ; woodland composed mainly of these trees. Also attrib.
1864J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. vi. 88 The wands from the Miombo, a kind of banyan, afford the natives the fibre which they attach to their wool. 1910Encycl. Brit. XI. 772/2 The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), miomba, tamarisk, copal tree..are frequent [in German East Africa]. 1934Jrnl. Ecol. XXII. 220 A strip of ‘Miombo’ through which a narrow, fairly shallow ravine..was running. 1947E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 95/2 The considerable forests of Unyamwezi, largely miombo, provide much honey. 1948Cape Argus 3 Dec. 5/4 Surrounded by uninhabited miombo bush. 1959R. W. J. Keay in Vegetation Map Afr. Explanatory Notes 9/1 In these woodlands, commonly known by the vernacular name ‘myombo’, several species of Brachystegia..are dominant. 1966C. A. W. Guggisberg S.O.S. Rhino iii. 53 Black rhinoceroses frequent savannah country, mopane and miombo forests, bushveld and dry thornbush. 1970A. T. Semple Grassland Improvement i. 14 African farmers have found that their ground-water supplies improve when they extend their settlements in the ‘miombo’ (Brachystegia woodland). |