See Also: marsh gas(dictionary)
marsh gas(medicine)
marsh(dictionary)
marsh(medicine)
Marsh(dictionary)
marsh(encyclopedia)
marsh mallow(encyclopedia)
marsh marigold(encyclopedia)
freshwater marsh(medicine)
Marsh Harbour(tourism)

mealie (iou) and marsh (medicine)


mealie (iou)



mealie noun. ['mi:li] S. Afr. Also mielie. E19.
[Afrikaans mielie from Portuguese milho maize, millet, from Latin milium.]
Maize; a corn-cob (usu. in pl.).
green mealie a corn-cob gathered and cooked while it is still green. stamped mealies: see STAMP verb.
Comb.: mealie-cob a corn-cob; mealie-cob worm, the caterpillar of the corn ear worm, Heliothis armigera, a noctuid moth; mealie meal coarse meal of maize (a staple Food); mealiepap [Afrikaans pap porridge] mealie meal porridge; mealie rice finely stamped grains of maize used instead of rice.

marsh (medicine)


marsh
<ecology> A tract of wet land principally inhabitated by partially-submerged herbaceous vegetation.