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单词 naboom
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naboomn.

Brit. /ˈnɑːbʊəm/, /ˈnɑːbuːm/, U.S. /ˈnɑˌboʊm/, /ˈnɑˌbum/, South African English /ˈnɑːbʊəm/
Inflections: Plural nabooms, (occasionally) nabome Brit. /ˈnɑːbuːmə/, U.S. /ˈnɑˌboʊmə/, /ˈnɑˌbumə/, South African English /ˈnɑːbʊəmə/.
Forms: 1800s gnaarboom, 1900s– naaboom, 1900s– naboom.
Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans naboom.
Etymology: < Afrikaans naboom, of uncertain origin. Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Historical Princ. (1996) at cited word suggests that the word may be related to Khoekhoe (Nama) !na- big, strong + Afrikaans boom tree, but none of the Euphorbiaceae that are referred to as naboom in Afrikaans grow in Namibia, and there is no surviving Khoekhoe (Nama) word for them.
South African.
Any of several trees and shrubs of the genus Euphorbia (the spurges), esp. the trees E. tetragona and E. ingens.
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1875 Cape Monthly Mag. July 12 To whom two nests I should have shown, In gnaarbooms green, to you unknown.
1917 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr.: Dict. Common Names 60 Naaboom, Euphorbia tetragona, E. grandidens, etc. S.E. coast districts. In Tr[ansvaal] applied to E. Cooperi and E. ingens.
1955 T. V. Bulpin Storm over Transvaal 24 Twenty-five miles from Nylstroom the road passed a small stream of clear water flowing through the wilderness. On its bank grew a number of Euphorbia Ingens, known colloquially as Nabome.
1977 S. Afr. Panorama Jan. 21 (caption) The majestic naboom and picturesque aloes highlight this view.
1988 B. van Wyk & S. Malan Field Guide Wild Flowers Witwatersrand & Pretoria Region 132 (heading) Euphorbia ingens... Tree euphorbia/Naboom.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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