dadawa or dawa dawa, a grass; vide [gyazama].
daddawa (Kano), or daudawa (Sok.), black fermented cakes made from the seeds of the [ḍorowa], q.v. Syn. takaluwa.
ḍaḍori or ḍoḍoriya (Kano and Sok.), Vitis quadrangularis, Linn. (Ampelideæ); a vine with quadrangular succulent jointed stems, climbing on trees. (Etym. connected with the multiple branching at the joints). Syn. tsatsarar kura. “Edible-stemmed Vine.”
dafaddu, Elk’s-horn fern; an epiphyte. Platycerium æthiopicum.
dafara, Vitis pallida, Baker (Ampelideæ); a vine bearing a kind of wild grapes; the root-bark forms a viscid solution which is mixed with native cement for lining dye-pits, &c. Syn. loda or lodar marina, cf. also [baba rodo]. The fruit, used in soup, is sometimes called [lubiya], q.v.
dagera, Combretum sp. (Combretaceæ). A gum-yielding tree. Syn. chiriri.
daiyo (Ful?), vide under [lojiya], [bauje], &c.
dakushe, vide [kas kaifi].
ḍakwora, Acacia Senegal, Willd. (Leguminosæ); a thorny acacia, with spikes of white flowers and grey bark; the source of the true “gum-arabic.” Ar. hashab. vide also [yawa] and [meḍi]. The name includes the similar Acacia Dudgeoni, Craib.
dalaka, a variety of kola nut; vide under [goro].