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Meaning of mulukhiyah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Corchorus species, particularly jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius), used as a vegetable in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, which can be boiled into a mucilaginous broth.
  2. The mucilaginous broth made by boiling this plant.

Equivalents

العربية ملوخية
日本語 モロヘイヤ

Examples

“Limya is preparing mulukhiyah this morning, something she ate nearly every day when she lived in Sudan. It's a stew made of lamb and the mulukhiyah leaf, also known as mallow, popular in Middle Eastern cooking.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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