bitterleaf

Naija

Alternative forms

• bitaleaf

Etymology

From: English bitter and leaf. Botanical name: Vernonia amygdalina

Pronunciation

• bìtàlîf

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Noun

• Leaf wey no dey sweet wey de dey use take make soup or medicine.

• Uh for today cooking now, I go teach una how dem dey take cook bitterleaf soup.  — (deuber__3933, In today's cookery lesson, you will learn how to cook bitterleaf soup.)
• If dem wash bitterleaf finish, use am cook soup, e dey make sense.  — (NSC_2021, When bitter leaf is washed and used to cook, it turns out nice.)

Related forms

• bitter

Translations

• English: vernonia amygdalina, bitter leaf