| 单词 | witgatboom |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitgatboom Any of several trees of the genus Boscia, which have pale bark and are found in dry areas of southern Africa, esp. the evergreen B. albitrunca. Also witgatboom [Afrikaans boom tree] . 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 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 18 Their trunks..appeared at a little distance as if they had been whitewashed. From this singular character, they have gained the name of Wit-gat boom. 1860 W. H. Harvey & O. W. Sonder Flora Capensis I. 362 A tall tree called Witgat by the colonists. 1932 C. Fuller Louis Trigardt's Trek 47 We were standing under a witgatboom. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo iv. 54 Close to this grew a witgat tree not fifteen feet tall but with a thick, seamed, milk-white trunk and a dense grey-green crown of tough little leaves. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvii. 271 They..made coffee from the roots of the witgat. 1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. I. 620 Witgat wood is heavy and tough. 1973 Y. Burgess Life to Live 25 Coffee made from the roots of the witgat tree. < as lemmas |
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