marula

From Tswana morula (“marula tree”), or from a closely related language.

marula (plural marulas)

1. A medium-sized dioecious tree, Sclerocarya birrea, indigenous to Southern Africa and West Africa.
   • 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 87:

     They were between two marula trees.

2. Its edible stone fruit, with light yellow skin and white flesh.
   • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 278:

     In the evenings, long drinks anticipate freshly caught fish [...] with a marinade of mazhanje juice or marula liqueur.

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