kareen.

1815 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. II. xliv. 223 Mimosas,..willows, and karree bushes. Among the latter the colonists include several sorts of rhus.

1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 179 Very large bushes of Karreehout, which..have a great resemblance to our common willows.]

1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 199 The bow itself is made not always of the same sort of wood... The karree-tree..is most generally used for this purpose.

1834 A. G. Bain Let. 18 Dec. in Jrnls. (1949) 151 It was actually two large karee trees with large pools of rainwater around them.

1842 R. Moffat Missionary Labours & Scenes S. Afr. i. 6 Kharree trees and shrubs umbrageous at all seasons of the year.

1876 E. E. Frewer tr. J. Verne Adventures Three Englishmen v. 39 The karrees with dark green foliage.

1898 W. C. Scully Vendetta of Desert xviii. 177 They quickened their paces so as to reach a long, low ridge dotted with karee bushes.

1934 L. van der Post In a Province viii. 110 Noon beats on tattered parasols of karee-thorn over them.

1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn xxviii. 418 Behind a thick clump of karee boom a Kaffir squatted motionless.

1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari i. 15 In the rivers and streams he constructed traps beautifully woven out of reeds and buttressed with young karee wood or harde-kool.

1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvii. 287 Along the river-beds across the plains are thorn trees and karees.

1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvii. 288 The karee trees, with their round crowns of yellow-green drooping foliage, were a welcome sight to the travellers.