mealie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn. South-Africa
    — The wants of a native living with his tribe and cultivating mealies or Kafir corn are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.

词形变化

mealies plural

词源

Borrowed from Afrikaans mielie, from obsolete Dutch milie (“millet, maize”), from Old French mil (“millet”).
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