Dika

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dika \Di"ka\, n. [Native West African name.]
     A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the
     {Irvingia Barteri}, much used by natives of the west coast of
     Africa; -- called also {dika bread}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dika
       n : African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos;
           valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green
           termite-resistant wood [syn: {wild mango}, {wild mango
           tree}, {Irvingia gabonensis}]