dawo (?Hausa; Yoruba ai-da), Tetrapleura Thonningii, Benth. (Leguminosæ); a large tree with thick 4-angled pods sold as a market drug in the south; cf. [kalangon daji] and [sandan mayu].
dayi, Centaurea Calcitrapa, Linn. (Compositæ). “Star-thistle.” A thistle with long straight spines, common in fields, &c.; eaten by camels; one of the plants sometimes called “caltrop;” cf. [Tsaido]. Syn. ḍanyi (Sok.), and surendi (Kats.). namijin dayi, Lactuca sp. a species of wild lettuce; probably including several field plants of the Nat. Ord. (Compositæ).
dayin giwa, vide under [sare gwiwa].
ḍeiḍoya (ḍoiḍoya or ḍoḍoya), Ocimum americanum, Linn. (Labiatæ); a fragrant herb allied to basil. (The name includes other introduced species planted near houses:—Ocimum viride, Willd. Fever plant of S. Leone and Liberia. Oc. basilicum, Linn. Sweet Basil. Æolanthus Buettneri, Gürke, &c.)
ḍeiḍoyar kare or ḍ. fadama, Hyptis Spicigera, Lam. (Labiatæ). A weed of waste places. Syn. riḍin kada. ḍ. gona, Leucas martinicensis, R. Br. (Labiatæ). An odorous weed with whorls of small white flowers. Syn. sarakuwar sauro (Kats.).
dinkin, the young leaves of certain plants used fresh with ground-nuts, salt, pepper, &c. made up as food; chiefly d. ḍinya (v. [ḍinya]); also of [zuwo], q.v. and sometimes used of rama and other plants with edible leaves.
ḍinya (Kano), ḍumya (Sok.), Vitex Cienkowskii, Kotschy et Peyr. (Verbenaceæ); a common tree with digitate leaves, fragrant flowers, and a black plum-like fruit used in making maḍi; vide under [dinkin]; ḅurzu or ḳurzun ḍinya = ḳwalon ḍinya, the stone of the fruit.
ḍinyar biri, Vitex diversifolia, Bak., a shrub or small tree with fragrant leaves, and flowers similar to those of ḍinya.
dirin da rani (Kano), a variety of [rama], q.v.
ḍiwa, Rhytachne congoensis, Hack., a tall grass; used for making screens, zana, &c.