mahua

[ mah-hwah ]

/ ˈmɑ ʰwɑ /

noun

any of several trees of the genus Madhuca, of the sapodilla family, native to India, the Malay Peninsula, and southeastern Asia, especially M. latifolia, the flowers of which are used, fresh or dried, for food or are fermented to prepare an intoxicating drink.

Also ma·hwa, mohwa, mowra, mowrah.

Origin of mahua

1680–90; < Hindi mahūā ≪ Sanskrit madhūka a tree name

Words nearby mahua

mahound, mahout, mahratta, mahratti, mahseer, mahua, mahuang, mahy, mahzor, mahé, mahón

Example sentences from the Web for mahua

In the absence of toddy, they sometimes manufacture illicit liquor from the flower-buds of the mahua (or mowhra) tree.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston
The body of an adult may also be burnt under a mahua tree so that the tree may give him a supply of liquor in the next world.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India |R. V. Russell
The mahua is the tree from whose flowers spirits are distilled.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India |R. V. Russell
They know how to distil liquor from the flowers of the mahua (Bassia latifolia).

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston

After the marriage the bride and the bridegroom have a ceremony of throwing a mahua branch into a river together.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV |R.V. Russell

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mahua

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Origin of mahua

Words nearby mahua

Example sentences from the Web for mahua