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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: Egyptian spinach, nalita
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The mucilaginous broth made by boiling this plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
From Arabic مُلُوخِيَّة (mulūḵiyya).
