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rhenosterbos(ch), -bush S. Afr.|reˈnɔstəbɔs, -bɔʃ, -bʊʃ|
Also renosterbos, -bush, rhinoster bos(ch), bush.
[Afrikaans, f. renoster rhinoceros + bos bush.]
A shrub with greyish foliage, Elytropappus rhinocerotis, belonging to the family Compositæ, native to South Africa, and bearing small scale-like leaves and clusters of small purple flowers; = rhinoceros bush s.v. rhinoceros 3.
1812A. Plumptre tr. Lichtenstein's Trav. S. Afr. I. 73 We found here in abundance a plant which..the colonists call..rhinosterbosjes, because, they say, that in the time when the rhinoceros was an inhabitant of the country, it used to feed very much upon this plant. 1822W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 101 A neat pale bushy shrub, of the height of three or four feet, called Rhinoster bosch (Rhinoceros bush). 1850R. Gray Jrnl. 19 Dec. (1851) 199 More dreary than usual, with its unbroken monotonous rhinoster bush. 1896R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony 81 The rhenoster bush has spread more widely and more quickly than exotic plants generally do. 1939Nature 11 Mar. 412/2 The ‘rhenosterbush’..represents the most arid kind of sclerophyll. 1948Cape Times 6 Feb. 14/5 The rhenosterbos could be subdued by burning. Ibid. 22 Sept. 9/6 The stunted renoster bush has already appeared. 1955V. M. Fitzroy Dark Bright Land 55 Papa means to clear the lower slope of a grey scrub they call rhenoster bush. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvii. 277 Tea made of the leaves of the rhenoster or rhinoceros bush to cure their indigestion. This low grey bush..sprawls over many of our Karoo mountains. 1973Y. Burgess Life to Live 113 You can try some wildeals or renosterbos in a little brandy to make you strong. |