chaga

noun

1. (uncountable)A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
2. (uncountable)The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.
3. (plural, plural-only)Bantu-speaking indigenous Africans comprising the third-largest ethnic group in Tanzania.

name

1. A Bantu dialect continuum spoken by these people.