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Nitta vs Mitta - What's the difference?

nitta | mitta |

As nouns the difference between nitta and mitta

is that nitta is a tropical tree of the genus while mitta is an old english measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels also mett.

nitta

English

(wikipedia nitta)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tropical tree of the genus .
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 65:
  • *:These are the hard times, the long lingering days before the rains. Udders dry, grain reserves shot – even the insipid nitta pods in short supply.

    • mitta

    English

    Noun

  • an old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels. Also mett.
  • * 1866 : Once the mitta, or mett, a quantity of two bushels, is used for salt. The name still lingers in Lancashire. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 168.
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