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‖ harpuisbos|harpøˈyːsbɔs|
Also 9 harpuisbosje |-bɔsi| and (semi-anglicized) harpuis, arpuse, or rapuis bush.
[Afrikaans, f. harpuis resin + bos bush.]
An evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Euryops, esp. the resin-bush, E. multifidus.
[1793tr. C. P. Thunberg's Trav. Europe, Afr., & Asia I. 211 A species of Coccus, called Harpuys, that was found on the branches of trees, was said to prove mortal to sheep.] 1811W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. (1822) I. xii. 259 The inhabitants of this district, when in want of resin, use as a substitute, a gum which exudes from different species of shrubs; which they therefore call Harpuis bosch (Resin bush). 1815A. Plumptre tr. Lichtenstein's Trav. II. 176 A shrub, which grows from two feet to three feet and a half high, called by the colonists harpuisbosjes, the rosin tree. 1846H. H. Methuen Life in Wilderness 112 We again were in danger of being burnt; a sea of flame raging on one side of the road, and consuming the resinous arpuse bushes with a roaring noise, audible a long way off. [1912East London Dispatch 22 Aug. 5 (Pettman), Mr. Moffatt (Tarka) brought up the question of the noxious rapuis which had hitherto baffled their efforts.] 1926O. Schreiner From Man to Man xi. 353 They burnt harpuis bushes on the lands at home. 1952Cape Argus (Mag. Section) 1 Nov. 1/7 The yellow of the harpuisbos. |