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tamboti(e S. Afr.|tæmˈbuːtɪ|
Also tamboetie, tambootie, etc.
[ad. Xhosa um-Thombothi.]
1. A deciduous tree, Spirostachys africana, of the family Euphorbiaceæ, native to southern Africa and with dark, rough bark and short spikes of tiny flowers. Freq. attrib.
1852J. S. Christopher Natal 32 The yellow, assegai, iron,..and Tamboote wood, grow in abundance. 1859R. J. Mann Colony of Natal 157 A dark brown, very hard wood, distinguished by the Kafirs as ‘tamboti-wood’..is employed in the construction of axles. 1871J. Mackenzie Ten Years N. Orange River xxiv. 460 The tall and resinous tambootie tree, which I selected for beams and rafters, was easily split. 1951Cape Argus 27 Oct. (Mag. Sect.) 2/4 Our site was pitched in the shade of a glorious tambotie tree. 1963H. C. Bosman Unto Dust 43 Inside were tamboetie wood trestles for the coffins. 1973Palmer & Pitman Trees S. Afr. II. 1157 The tamboti is widely known for three reasons—its fine wood, its toxic properties, and its ‘jumping beans’.
¶2. tambotie grass = tambouki grass s.v. Tambouki a.
1866T. Geast S. Afr. Diaries 42, I observed that almost every stem of the long tambootie grass had a silken filament flying from it. 1899A. Werner Capt. of Locusts, etc. 80 Open glades with bushes and clumps of tambootie-grass scattered about. 1939tr. E. N. Marais's My Friends the Baboons iii. 31 The footpath here passed through a stretch of high tambotie grass. |