A large African tree (Irvingia gabonensis) or the edible nut-like fruit it produces, also called dika bread or dika nut.
From Bantu languages of West and Central Africa, where the tree is native. The word entered English through colonial contact with African peoples who cultivated and used this tree's products.
The dika tree is amazingly useful—West Africans grind its nuts into a nutrient-rich flour that was once a crucial food source, and it's still used in traditional cuisine and increasingly in health food markets.
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