mopaneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Tswana mophane.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /məˈpɑːni/

名詞

mopane (複数形 mopanes)

1. A tree, Colophospermum mopane, native to southern Africa.
2. The mopane worm or mopane moth Gonimbrasia belina
   • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 21:

     The gay one, Alan, takes them with his current lover to an African restaurant, new venture in the city, offering traditional mopani worm snacks, tripe and usu with beans.