First Known Use: 1919
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hegari
noun he·gari \hi-ˈga-rē, -ˈga-rə; ˈhī-ˌgir\
Definition of HEGARI
: any of several Sudanese grain sorghums having chalky white seeds including one grown in the southwestern United States
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Origin of HEGARI
Arabic dialect (Sudan) ḥijērī, perhaps alteration of Arabic ḥijārī stony
Rhymes with HEGARI
baneberry, barberry, bayberry, bearberry, bilberry, blackberry, black cherry, blaeberry, blueberry, Bradbury, bunchberry, Burberry, canary, chokeberry, chokecherry, cloudberry, contrary, costmary, cowberry, cranberry, crowberry, deerberry, equerry, gooseberry, ground-cherry, hackberry, Hail Mary, inkberry, Juneberry, knobkerrie, library, mulberry, nondairy, pokeberry, primary, raspberry, rosemary, scalare, shadberry, snowberry, soapberry, strawberry, summary, sweet cherry, teaberry, tilbury, tooth fairy, twinberry, unwary, vagary, wheat berry, wolfberry, youngberry
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