Plant names in Shona and English - Common Shona Vocabulary

Learn common Shona vocabulary with this English-to-Shona list of Plant names. Essential for daily conversations, this will help to build your Shona language skills through popular words and play Shona quizzes and also play picture vocabulary, play some games so you do get not bored. If you think too hard to learn the Shona language, then the 1000 most common Shona words will help you to learn the Shona language easily, they contain 2-letter words to 13-letter words. The below table gives the translation of Plant vocabulary words in Shona.


Plant names in Shona and English - Common Shona Vocabulary

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List of Plant names in Shona with English Pronunciation


Learn Plant in Shona, along with their English pronunciation. This vocabulary guide helps beginners and language enthusiasts expand their Shona vocabulary for daily conversations.

Plant names - Shona

Acorn acorn
Agriculture kurima
Angiosperm angiosperm
Autotroph autotroph
Axilary bud axilary bud
Biennial biennial
Blade blade
Blossom maruva
Botany botany
Bract bract
Branch bazi
Bromeliad bromeliad
Bud bud
Cactus cactus
Calyx calyx
Canopy canopy
Carpel carpel
Clover clover
Cork kork
Dicot dicot
Endosperm endosperm
Epicotyl epicotyl
Evergreen evergreen
Fern fern
Fertilizer fetereza
Filament filament
Flora flora
Flower ruva
Foliage mashizha
Garden garden
Germinate kumera
Ginkgo ginkgo
Grain zviyo
Grass uswa
Grove grove
Grow kukura
Gum chingamu
Hardy hardy
Hastate hastate
Herb herb
Horticulture horticulture
Hybrid hybrid
Inflorescence inflorescence
Internode internode
Ivy ivy
Jungle sango
Juniper juniper
Kudzu kudzu
Lamina lamina
Leaf leaf
Legume legume
Meristem meristem
Midrib midrib
Monocot monocot
Moss moss
Nectar nekita
Needle tsono
Node node
Nut nut
Ovary ovary
Palm palm
Palmate palmate
Peduncle peduncle
Perennial perennial
Petal petal
Petiole petiole
Phloem phloem
Photosynthesis photosynthesis
Pinnate pinnate
Pistil pistil
Pith pith
Plumule plumule
Pollen mukume
Pollinate pollinate
Prickle prickle
Rachis rachis
Reniform reniform
Resin resin
Reticulate reticulate
Rings zvindori
Root mudzi
Sap muto
Sapling sapling
Seed mbeu
Seedling seedling
Sepal sepal
Shamrock shamrock
Shoot pfura
Shrub shrub
Soil ivhu
Spine musana
Spore spore
Sprout nhungirwa
Stalk gunde
Stamen stamen
Stand stand
Stem stem
Stigma stigma
Stipule stipule
Stoma stoma
Succulent succulent
Sunlight chiedza chezuva
Tap root tap root
Thorn munzwa
Tree muti
Trunk hunde
Tuber tuber
Twig davi
Understory understory
Vascular plant vascular chirimwa
Vein tsinga
Venation venation
Vine muzambiringa
Weed sora
Whorled whorled






Top 1000 Shona words


Here you learn top 1000 Shona words, that is separated into sections to learn easily (Simple words, Easy words, Medium words, Hard Words, Advanced Words). These words are very important in daily life conversations, basic level words are very helpful for beginners. All words have Shona meanings with transliteration.


Eat kudya
All zvose
New itsva
Snore ngonono
Fast fast
Help help
Pain kurwadziwa
Rain mvura
Pride kudada
Sense pfungwa
Large hombe
Skill unyanzvi
Panic kutya
Thank thank
Desire chido
Woman mukadzi
Hungry nzara

Daily use Shona Sentences


Here you learn top Shona sentences, these sentences are very important in daily life conversations, and basic-level sentences are very helpful for beginners. All sentences have Shona meanings with transliteration.


Good morning Mangwanani akanaka
What is your name Zita rako ndiani
What is your problem Dambudziko rako nderei?
I hate you Ndakakuvenga
I love you Ndinokuda
Can I help you Ndingakubatsire here?
I am sorry Ndine hurombo
I want to sleep Ndinoda kurara
This is very important Izvi zvakakosha zvikuru
Are you hungry Une nzara here?
How is your life Hupenyu hwako huri sei?
I am going to study Ndiri kuenda kunodzidza
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