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MEALIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mealie mean? 

MEALIE (noun)
  The noun MEALIE has 1 sense:

1. an ear of cornplay

  Familiarity information: MEALIE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEALIE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ear of corn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mealie" is a kind of...):

capitulum; ear; spike (fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn)

Domain region:

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))


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