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单词 kaffir tree
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kaffir 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).
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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.
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