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inga - What does it mean?

Definition of 'inga'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
  • * 1838 , The British cyclopaedia (page 605)
  • Here are the mimosas, the ingas , the acacias, the maples, the beautiful ailantus, and the fine fruit tree, the mango.
  • * 1989 , National Research Council (U.S.), Lost crops of the Incas (page 279)
  • Fruit trees such as ingas are underutilized in reforestation efforts.

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