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kameeldoorn S. Afr.|kəˈmiːldʊən|
Also kameeldoring.
[Afrikaans, ad. Du. kameel camel + doorn thorn.]
= camel-thorn (b) (s.v. camel n. 5).
1822W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. I. xviii. 453 A large solitary tree of Kameel-doorn (Camel-thorn, or the tree on which, generally, the Camelopardalis browses), the first I had seen of the species, was standing here. 1896H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. 44 Groves of giraffe acacia (kameel doorn), through which still wander freely in these pathless, waterless solitudes the tall giraffe. 1937S. Cloete Turning Wheels 53 Passing the big group of kameel-doorns that were a landmark, they turned slightly west. 1948[see gompaauw, gompauw]. 1957Cape Times (Mag. Section) 20 July 2/7 Ghani got out lazily..stationing himself beneath a shady kameeldoring overlooking the hotel yard. 1972S. Afr. Garden & Home Oct. 33 The striking crimson-breasted shrike..seen perched on a kameel-doring. |