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🌳 A southern African tree 🐛 An edible caterpillar
mopani

mopani

9.9
A caterpillar people eat as a traditional food in southern Africa
  • noun
  • South African
translation icon : oruga mopane
  • I enjoyed a dish made with mopani caterpillars.

Examples

  • Many people enjoy mopani fried or dried as a traditional snack.

  • Children helped collect mopani from the trees during the harvest season.

  • In rural communities, mopani is considered a valuable source of protein.

  • Many locals in Zimbabwe eat mopani as a delicacy.

  • In rural communities, mopani is considered a valuable source of protein.

  • Many people enjoy mopani fried or dried as a traditional snack.

  • Many locals in Zimbabwe eat mopani as a delicacy.

Synonyms

mopane
vsmopani
  • South African
1 9.9

An edible caterpillar that people in southern Africa collect and eat

is the general term for edible caterpillars eaten in parts of southern Africa

Surface Forms

mopani singular
mopanis plural

Etymology

The word mopani also names the edible 'caterpillar' that lives on the same tree, because people in the region simply used the tree's name for the insect they harvest there. So mopani can mean the tasty caterpillar as well as the tree it comes from.