English Explanatory Dictionary

mulukhiyah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

mulukhiyah malukhiyah mloukhiya molohiya molokhia moroheiya mulukhiya mulukhiyya mulukhiyyah

Etymology

From Arabic مُلُوخِيَّة (mulūḵiyya).

Synonyms

Egyptian spinach nalita
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