| 单词 | kaffir tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskaffir tree kaffir tree n. (also †kaffir's tree) [after South African Dutch kafferboom (see kaffirboom n.)] a coral tree native to southern Africa, Erythrina caffra (see coral-tree n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > coral-tree coral-tree1756 coxcomb1784 kaffir tree1792 Erythrina1865 karat-tree1868 hielaman tree1884 wiliwili1888 1792 E. Riou tr. J. van Reenen Jrnl. Journey from Cape Good Hope 38 We interred the body of our friend, under a large kaffer-tree [Du. Kaffer-boom] standing alone. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 468/1 Erythrina caffra, the Kaffir-boom of the Dutch, or Kaffir's tree. 1955 A. Delius Young Traveller in S. Afr. 149 There were peach trees absolutely covered in blossom and red-flowering kaffir-trees and many other flowering plants. 2011 J. Strauss Dubious Salvation Jack V. ii. 62 Even people who would never otherwise use this word would call her a kaffir brak in the same way that they spoke about kaffir trees because they didn't know another word. < as lemmas |
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