English Explanatory Dictionary

chaga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
  2. The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.
noun
  1. Bantu-speaking indigenous Africans comprising the third-largest ethnic group in Tanzania.
name
  1. A Bantu dialect continuum spoken by these people.

Word forms

chaga Chagga WaChaga Wachagga

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Permic *čak Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak)bor. Russian ча́га (čága)bor. English chaga Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, “mushroom, growth”).

Synonyms

chaga mushroom Kichaga Kichagga
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