Velvety vs Mongongo - What's the difference?
velvety | mongongo |
Like velvet (but not velvet); soft, smooth, soothing. Not necessarily restricted to the sense of touch.
A large, spreading tree of the Euphorbiaceae , found on wooded hills and among sand dunes, with distinctive hand-shaped leaves, whose pale yellow wood resembles balsa.
Its egg-shaped, velvety fruit, having a thin layer of edible flesh surrounding a highly nutritious nut.
As an adjective velvety
is like velvet (but not velvet); soft, smooth, soothing not necessarily restricted to the sense of touch.As a noun mongongo is
a large, spreading tree of the euphorbiaceae , found on wooded hills and among sand dunes, with distinctive hand-shaped leaves, whose pale yellow wood resembles balsa.velvety
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ''The mouse was a warm, velvety weight in my hand.
- The crooner had a velvety voice that made the ladies swoon.