Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

african peach

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: african -peach
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nauclea latifolia) (syns. Sarcocephalus latifolius, Sarcocephalus esculentus), a deciduous rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa, or its fruit; its bark, doundaké, is used medicinally.

Example Sentences

"With the plants common to the Slave Coast may be included the Zingiber officianale (ginger), Sarcocephalus esculentus (African peach), Gossipium herbaceum (cotton plant), Tamarindus Indica (tamarinds), Cucurbita Citrullus (water-melon) […]"
"In 2013, researchers at the Universite Joseph Fourier in Grenoble discovered unexpectedly racemic tramadol in the root bark of the sub-Saharan African peach (pincushion tree, Nauclea latifolia)."

Inflected Forms

African peaches (plural)

Synonyms

Guinea peach Sierra Leone peach country fig pincushion tree

Questions

What does african peach mean?: Nauclea latifolia) (syns. Sarcocephalus latifolius, Sarcocephalus esculentus), a deciduous rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa, or its fruit; its bark, doundaké, is used medicinally.

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