单词 | kaffirboom |
释义 | > as lemmaskaffirboom kaffirboom n. [ < South African Dutch kafferboom (late 18th cent. or earlier; Afrikaans kafferboom ) < kaffer Kaffir n. + boom tree (see beam n.1)] = kaffir tree n. ΚΠ 1824 T. Pringle Some Acct. Eng. Settlers Albany 8 They pitched their tents under the shade of fragrant acacias, and groves of the gorgeous-blossomed caffer-boom. 1949 Cape Argus 15 Oct. 4/5 The Alexandria forests, red with giant kaffir-booms. 2004 S. Simson Cape Good Cooks (new ed.) 52 There is a little dam beside the horse paddock where a coastal coral tree grows. I'm sorry—I really still know it by its forbidden name, kaffirboom. < as lemmas |
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