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单词 guarri
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guarrin.

Brit. /ˈɡwari/, /ˈɡwɑːri/, U.S. /ˈɡwɑri/, /ˈɡwɛri/, South African English /ˈɡwʌri/
Forms: Also ghwarrie, guarry, guerrie, gwarri(e, quarri.
Etymology: < Zulu um Gwali.
South African.
Any one of several trees or shrubs of the genus Euclea, esp. E. undulata or E. lanceolata; the fruit of these trees or shrubs. Also attributive.
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1789 W. Paterson Narr. Four Journeys Country of Hottentots 43 The ground is covered with shrubs about four feet high, called by the natives Guerrie, a species of Royena.
1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. I. 202 The berries of the Guarri bush (Euclea undulata) had a sweet taste, and were eaten by the Hottentots.
1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iii. 149 The guerrie bosch, apparently a species of rhus.
1843 J. C. Chase Cape Good Hope ii. 152 The wild fruits, indigenous to the country, are also incredibly numerous... Among these are the wild grape (Vitis Capensis),..quarri (Euclea undulata) [etc.].
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. at Euclea The fruit is globular, fleshy, and juicy, sometimes as large as a cherry. Those of many of the species, known by the colonists as Guarry, are eaten.
1897 S. J. Du Toit Rhodesia 32 Various kinds of sweet grass and small shrubs, varied with very good large bush and trees, as ‘quarri’, &c.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms Guarri honey, a very pale honey in much esteem in the Riversdale District, obtained by the bees from Royena sp. Guarri tea, this is made by the Hottentots from the leave of Euclea lanceolata.
1939 tr. E. N. Marais My Friends the Baboons iv. 42 Near the sleeping-place there was, in a corner of the rocks, a large gwarrie-bush.
1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvii. 271 They made vinegar from the little fruits of the gwarri tree.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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