tambotien.

Brit.

/tamˈbuːti/,

/tamˈbəʊti/, U.S.

/ˌtæmˈbudi/,

/ˌtæmˈboʊdi/, South African English

/tʌmˈbʊti/,

/tæmˈbuːti/,

/tæmˈbəʊti/

Forms: Also tamboetie, tambootie, tamboti, etc.

Etymology: < Xhosa um-Thombothi.

South African.

1. A deciduous tree, Spirostachys africana, of the family Euphorbiaceæ, native to southern Africa and with dark, rough bark and short spikes of tiny flowers. Frequently attributive.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs

keurboom1731

silver-tree1731

witteboom1799

Hottentot's bean1801

melkhouta1823

monkey apple1824

witgatboom1824

Hottentot's bean tree1833

spek-boom1834

mopane1854

Welwitschia1862

ambatch1863

miombo1864

pith tree1864

porkwood1875

tree purslane1882

buffalo-horn1887

monkey guava1887

bush willow1917

melkboom1917

msasa1923

rooibos1932

miraa1945

ovangkol1972

pigeon wood1972

tambotie1973

1852 J. S. Christopher Natal 32 The yellow, assegai, iron,..and Tamboote wood, grow in abundance.

1859 R. J. Mann Colony of Natal 157 A dark brown, very hard wood, distinguished by the Kafirs as ‘tamboti-wood’..is employed in the construction of axles.

1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River xxiv. 460 The tall and resinous tambootie tree, which I selected for beams and rafters, was easily split.

1951 Cape Argus 27 Oct. (Mag.) 2/4 Our site was pitched in the shade of a glorious tambotie tree.

1963 H. C. Bosman Unto Dust 43 Inside were tamboetie wood trestles for the coffins.

1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 1157 The tamboti is widely known for three reasons—its fine wood, its toxic properties, and its ‘jumping beans’.

2. tambotie grass n. = tambouki grass at Tambouki adj. 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > African

sour grass1801

tambouki grass1837

stickgrass1838

pypgrass1854

Bushman grass1857

twa-grass1857

tambotie grass1866

rooigras1875

steekgras1890

Napier grass1920

1866 T. Geast S. Afr. Diaries 42 I observed that almost every stem of the long tambootie grass had a silken filament flying from it.

1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 80 Open glades with bushes and clumps of tambootie-grass scattered about.

1939 tr. E. N. Marais's My Friends the Baboons iii. 31 The footpath here passed through a stretch of high tambotie grass.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tambotie
释义	tambotien. Brit. /tamˈbuːti/, /tamˈbəʊti/, U.S. /ˌtæmˈbudi/, /ˌtæmˈboʊdi/, South African English /tʌmˈbʊti/, /tæmˈbuːti/, /tæmˈbəʊti/ Forms: Also tamboetie, tambootie, tamboti, etc. Etymology: < Xhosa um-Thombothi. South African. 1. A deciduous tree, Spirostachys africana, of the family Euphorbiaceæ, native to southern Africa and with dark, rough bark and short spikes of tiny flowers. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs keurboom1731 silver-tree1731 witteboom1799 Hottentot's bean1801 melkhouta1823 monkey apple1824 witgatboom1824 Hottentot's bean tree1833 spek-boom1834 mopane1854 Welwitschia1862 ambatch1863 miombo1864 pith tree1864 porkwood1875 tree purslane1882 buffalo-horn1887 monkey guava1887 bush willow1917 melkboom1917 msasa1923 rooibos1932 miraa1945 ovangkol1972 pigeon wood1972 tambotie1973 1852 J. S. Christopher Natal 32 The yellow, assegai, iron,..and Tamboote wood, grow in abundance. 1859 R. J. Mann Colony of Natal 157 A dark brown, very hard wood, distinguished by the Kafirs as ‘tamboti-wood’..is employed in the construction of axles. 1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River xxiv. 460 The tall and resinous tambootie tree, which I selected for beams and rafters, was easily split. 1951 Cape Argus 27 Oct. (Mag.) 2/4 Our site was pitched in the shade of a glorious tambotie tree. 1963 H. C. Bosman Unto Dust 43 Inside were tamboetie wood trestles for the coffins. 1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 1157 The tamboti is widely known for three reasons—its fine wood, its toxic properties, and its ‘jumping beans’. 2. tambotie grass n. = tambouki grass at Tambouki adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > African sour grass1801 tambouki grass1837 stickgrass1838 pypgrass1854 Bushman grass1857 twa-grass1857 tambotie grass1866 rooigras1875 steekgras1890 Napier grass1920 1866 T. Geast S. Afr. Diaries 42 I observed that almost every stem of the long tambootie grass had a silken filament flying from it. 1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 80 Open glades with bushes and clumps of tambootie-grass scattered about. 1939 tr. E. N. Marais's My Friends the Baboons iii. 31 The footpath here passed through a stretch of high tambotie grass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852
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