kippersoln.
/ˈkɪpəsɒl/, U.S. /ˈkɪpərˌsɑl/, South African English /ˈkɪpəsɒl/, /kɪpəˈsɒl/ South African.
A small evergreen African tree of the genus Cussonia, belonging to the family Araliaceæ.
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1893 O. Schreiner Dream Life 26 A kippersol tree.
1893 O. Schreiner Dream Life 29 She.. cut at the root of a kippersol, and got out a large piece..and sat down to chew it. Kippersol is like raw quince.
1893 O. Schreiner Dream Life 34 When one has had no food but kippersol juice for two days.
1921 T. R. Sim Native Timbers S. Afr. 194 Kipperkol [sic]. Cussonia, all species.
1954 K. Cowin Bushveld, Bananas & Bounty v. 78 According to legend the [Cussonia] umbellifera, with its broad flat leaves, was first called Kiepersol by the Cape Malays, whose word for monkey is kie and for umbrella is the Afrikaans word persols and the combination results in the picturesque name of Monkey's Umbrella.
1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. III. 1691 Most of the species [of Cussonia] are known as ‘kiepersol’... The name travelled to the Cape where it was first used for the Cussonia species common around Cape Town, Cussonia thyrsiflora Thunb., and is now a general name for all the cussonias with their parasol-like mops of leaves at the ends of the branches.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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