Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marog

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: marog
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several edible plants of the Amaranthus genus, used locally in South Africa as spinach.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"https://web.archive.org/web/20060811214247/http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Show/SAfrica/sapaper/saessay.htm Amaranthus hybridus (Figure 38) and other Amaranthus species are either grown for their seeds (Inca wheat) or harvested as spinach (marog)."
"2003, https://web.archive.org/web/20090305124939/http://www.dispatch.co.za/2003/04/12/features/GARDEN.HTM HERE in sunny South Africa amaranth is better known as marog and is used extensively as a nourishing 'spinach' vegetable."
"Other materials used by the Tsongas are readily available from the environment. The inhabitants of the kraal plant their own mealies and store them, use sorghum in beer production, marog (wild spinach) is eaten, porridge is made from mealies and marula nuts are eaten when other food is scarce."

Etymology

From Sotho marog.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does marog mean?: Any of several edible plants of the Amaranthus genus, used locally in South Africa as spinach.
Where does marog come from?: From Sotho marog.

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