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nounthe second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Oceanpart of:
Definition that contains africa
- impala African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps
- warthog African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks
- baobab African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
- dika African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites
- genus tragelaphus African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks
- genus oryx African antelopes: oryxes
- cyperus alternifolius African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
- connochaetes African antelopes: gnus
- african daisy African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers
- irvingia gabonensis African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites