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单词 spek-boom
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spek-boomn.

/ˈspɛkbəʊm//ˈspɛkbuːm/
Forms: Also speck-boom.
Etymology: South African Dutch, < spek speck n.4 + boom tree.
The purslane-tree ( Portulacaria afra) of South Africa.
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1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vi. 209 The spekboom, with its light green leaves and lilac blossoms.
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vii. 248 Browsing on the succulent spekboom, which clothed the skirts of the hills.
1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. iii. 46 One vast jungle of dwarfish evergreen shrubs and bushes, amongst which the speck-boom was predominant.
1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 186 The spek-boom grows here in great profusion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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