Meaning of mealie | Babel Free

Definitions

An ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn.

South-Africa

Examples

“The wants of a native living with his tribe and cultivating mealies or Kafir corn are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.”

“At the other end of the veranda, on two deck-chairs planted side by side and looking away over the bush and the mealie fields, were Mr. Quest and Mr. Van Rensberg […]”

“My mother planted and harvested her own mealies.”

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