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‖ spek-boom|ˈspɛkboːm| Also speck-. [S. African Du., f. spek speck n.4 + boom tree.] The purslane-tree (Portulacaria Afra) of South Africa.
1834Pringle Afr. Sk. vi. 209 The spekboom, with its light green leaves and lilac blossoms. Ibid. vii. 248 Browsing on the succulent spekboom, which clothed the skirts of the hills. 1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. (1902) 12/1 One vast jungle of dwarfish evergreen shrubs and bushes, amongst which the speckboom was predominant. 1879R. J. Atcherley Trip Boerland 186 The spek-boom grows here in great profusion. |