dikaadj.

Brit.

/ˈdʌɪkə/,

/ˈdiːkə/, U.S.

/ˈdikə/, West African English

/ˈdika/

Etymology: W. African name.

In dika-bread, a vegetable substance somewhat resembling cocoa, prepared from the fruit of a West African species of mango-tree ( Mangifera gabonensis). dika-fat, dika-oil, the fatty substance of dika-bread.

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1859 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 1 308 Mr. P. L. Simmonds introduced to the notice of the meeting a specimen of Dika bread from Gaboon, on the West Coast of Africa.

1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 330 The fruit, which is about as large as a swan's egg, contains a white almond having an agreeable taste. These almonds, when coarsely bruised and warm-pressed, form dika-bread, which has a grey colour, with white spots, smells like roasted cocoa and roasted flour..and is greasy to the touch. Dika-bread contains a large quantity of fat.

1888 W. T. Brannt Pract. Treat. Animal & Veg. Fats & Oils 320 Dika oil, oba oil, or wild mango oil is obtained from..a tree indigenous to the west coast of Africa.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dika
释义	dikaadj. Brit. /ˈdʌɪkə/, /ˈdiːkə/, U.S. /ˈdikə/, West African English /ˈdika/ Etymology: W. African name. In dika-bread, a vegetable substance somewhat resembling cocoa, prepared from the fruit of a West African species of mango-tree ( Mangifera gabonensis). dika-fat, dika-oil, the fatty substance of dika-bread. ΚΠ 1859 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 1 308 Mr. P. L. Simmonds introduced to the notice of the meeting a specimen of Dika bread from Gaboon, on the West Coast of Africa. 1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 330 The fruit, which is about as large as a swan's egg, contains a white almond having an agreeable taste. These almonds, when coarsely bruised and warm-pressed, form dika-bread, which has a grey colour, with white spots, smells like roasted cocoa and roasted flour..and is greasy to the touch. Dika-bread contains a large quantity of fat. 1888 W. T. Brannt Pract. Treat. Animal & Veg. Fats & Oils 320 Dika oil, oba oil, or wild mango oil is obtained from..a tree indigenous to the west coast of Africa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1859
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