utazi

English

Noun

utazi (uncountable)

1. (Nigeria) The plant Gongronema latifolium, with edible leaves.

   Synonym: arokeke

   • 1965, Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God, Penguin Classics (2010), page 185:

     Matefi whose turn it was to cook for Ezeulu that night (they had kept count even in his absence) had already started preparing utazi soup.

Alternative forms

• utasi