suikerbosn.

Brit.

/ˈseɪkəbɒs/, U.S.

/ˈseɪkərˌbɔs/,

/ˈseɪkərˌbɑs/, South African English

/ˈseɪkəbɒs/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s suikerbosch, 1800s zuikerbosch, 1800s zuykerbosch, 1800s zuikerbosh, 1800s– suikerbos.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch zuikerbosch; Afrikaans suikerbos.

Etymology: < South African Dutch zuikerbosch (apparently early 19th cent. or earlier) and its reflex Afrikaans suikerbos < Dutch zuiker sugar n. + bosch bush n.¹ Compare sugar-bush n.Compare the following earlier occurrence of South African Dutch zuikerboom , in the same sense, in an English context (late 18th cent. or earlier; < zuiker sugar n. + boom tree (see beam n.¹); compare sugar-tree n. (b) at sugar n. Compounds 3c):1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. I. 292 The Protea mellifera (Tulp-boom and zuyker-boom) contains in its calyx a sweet juice.

South African.

Any of various South African evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Protea, esp. P. repens, which has pink and white flowers and produces a large amount of sweet nectar. Cf. sugar-bush n. 2.

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sugar-tree1705

wagenboom1790

suikerbos1818

sugar-bush1822

wagon-tree1822

Protea1824

blushing bride1917

1818 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. List Plants 397 Zuyker-bosch—Protea mellifera.

1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld vii. 74 We came upon knolls covered with the evergreen Suiker bos a graceful shrub.

1887 A. A. Anderson Twenty-five Years in Waggon I. 211 Palms, baobab,..zuiker-bosh, acacia,..and a host of other trees.

1937 S. Cloete Turning Wheels vii. 104 As he rode past a clump of soikerbos [sic] a duiker sprang out.

1974 A. P. Cartwright By Waters of Letaba 14 Where the suikerbos grew there was no malaria, they said, but below this level, where it was too warm for proteas to flourish.., there lay the danger.

2012 J. Manning & P. Goldblatt Plants Greater Cape Floristic Region I. 675 [Protea] repens... Sugarbush, suikerbos. Shrub or tree to 4.5 m.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suikerbos
释义	suikerbosn. Brit. /ˈseɪkəbɒs/, U.S. /ˈseɪkərˌbɔs/, /ˈseɪkərˌbɑs/, South African English /ˈseɪkəbɒs/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s suikerbosch, 1800s zuikerbosch, 1800s zuykerbosch, 1800s zuikerbosh, 1800s– suikerbos. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch zuikerbosch; Afrikaans suikerbos. Etymology: < South African Dutch zuikerbosch (apparently early 19th cent. or earlier) and its reflex Afrikaans suikerbos < Dutch zuiker sugar n. + bosch bush n.¹ Compare sugar-bush n.Compare the following earlier occurrence of South African Dutch zuikerboom , in the same sense, in an English context (late 18th cent. or earlier; < zuiker sugar n. + boom tree (see beam n.¹); compare sugar-tree n. (b) at sugar n. Compounds 3c):1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. I. 292 The Protea mellifera (Tulp-boom and zuyker-boom) contains in its calyx a sweet juice. South African. Any of various South African evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Protea, esp. P. repens, which has pink and white flowers and produces a large amount of sweet nectar. Cf. sugar-bush n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > protea or sugar-bush sugar-tree1705 wagenboom1790 suikerbos1818 sugar-bush1822 wagon-tree1822 Protea1824 blushing bride1917 1818 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. List Plants 397 Zuyker-bosch—Protea mellifera. 1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld vii. 74 We came upon knolls covered with the evergreen Suiker bos a graceful shrub. 1887 A. A. Anderson Twenty-five Years in Waggon I. 211 Palms, baobab,..zuiker-bosh, acacia,..and a host of other trees. 1937 S. Cloete Turning Wheels vii. 104 As he rode past a clump of soikerbos [sic] a duiker sprang out. 1974 A. P. Cartwright By Waters of Letaba 14 Where the suikerbos grew there was no malaria, they said, but below this level, where it was too warm for proteas to flourish.., there lay the danger. 2012 J. Manning & P. Goldblatt Plants Greater Cape Floristic Region I. 675 [Protea] repens... Sugarbush, suikerbos. Shrub or tree to 4.5 m. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818
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