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malenge

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Swahili

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Noun

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malenge class IX (plural malenge class X)

  1. pumpkin (orange vegetable plant)
    Synonym: boga
    • 2021 December 16, “Wakenya wapata faraja mashambani baada ya corona kuwatimua mjini”, in BBC News Swahili[1]:
      Alianza kilimo cha malenge, mtama, tomato na sukuma wiki - na sasa anauza bidhaa zake katika soko la nyumbani.
      He started cultivating pumpkin, millet, tomato and sukuma wiki - and now he sells his products in the domestic market.