maye, vide under [shiwaka].
mazakwa, a dry-season var. of Guinea Corn; vide under [dawa].
mazarin kyanwa, an insect-gall on the grass [katsaimu], q.v.
meḍi, a fibre from the root-bark of the shrub [ḍunḍu], q.v. and from other acacias, root of the “dum” palm &c. cf. [yawa], and vide [ḍakwora], [goriba], &c. Used for network bags, &c., mending calabashes, &c.
mijin kaḍai, vide under [kaḍanya].
mijin goro, vide under [goro].
minjiriya, vide [majiriya].
minu, the smallest kola nuts, vide under [goro].
miya tsanya (Sok. and Kats.), Sida rhombifolia, L. (Malvaceæ); an undershrub or perennial weed with small yellow flowers and a fibrous bark. (Etym. “grasshoppers’ greens”). It is one of the plants included in [kaskaifi], q.v.
moda, Sansevieria sp. (Liliaceæ). “African Bowstring Hemp;” a stemless plant with long straight mottled leaves affording a useful fibre; root and leaf used medicinally.