Meaning of sosumba | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [B1]
Examples
“Sosumba. Solanum torvum Sw. For diarrhoea grate and boil the root. For a cold make⟳ a tea of the leaves. (White) The fruit makes a favorite breakfast dish cooked with codfish in place⟳ of akee fruit.”
“Salt cod cooked with the fruit of the Ackee or with its substitute, the Sosumba berry, is a favorite breakfast dish even upon the tables of the whites.”
“My friends would come⟳ from de States and say⟳, 'Dey don't work⟳ sciences abroad.' But in Haiti dey use⟳ dis ting called sosumba to work⟳ science. And in Jamaica we eat⟳ sosumba! Dey call⟳ it gully beans. It grows out on a tree, ...”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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