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katjiepiering S. Afr.|ˌkatjiˈpirɪŋ|
Also catjepiring, katjepeering, katjiepering.
[Afrikaans, f. Malay katja-piring, kachapiring, the Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides.]
A South African evergreen shrub of the genus Gardenia, esp. G. thunbergia, belonging to the family Rubiaceæ and bearing large, fragrant, white or yellow flowers.
1793tr. C. P. Thunberg's Trav. Europe, Afr. & Asia II. 111 Wild Catjepiring (Gardenia Thunbergia) is a hard and strong kind of wood, and on this account used for clubs. 1869W. G. Atherstone in R. Noble Cape & its People 373 The wagons..stand on a bed of wild flowers..fragrant clematis—the ‘traveller's joy’,—vying in sweetness with the wild ‘katjepeering’. 1910D. Fairbridge That which hath Been 269 Friends bring the first daphne of the year, the richest purple violets, the sweetest katjiepierings, until the house is heavy with the perfume of flowers. 1949Cape Argus 3 Dec. 18/5 Gardenias (Katjiepering), flowering, 4s. 6d. each. 1972Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. V. 120/1 Gardenia. Katjiepiering. Genus of evergreen shrubs..which bear sweetly scented white flowers. |