kameeldoorn
noun
ka·meel·doorn
-ˌdōrn
variants or less commonly kameeldoring bush or kameelthorn
-ˌdōriŋ-
-ˌthȯrn
plural kameeldoorns also kameelthorns
Africa
: any of several acacia trees
especially : a tall tree (Acacia giraffae) on which the giraffe often browses
Word History
Etymology
kameeldoorn from obsolete Afrikaans kameeldoorn (now kameeldoring), from Afrikaans kameel + obsolete Afrikaans doorn thorn, from Dutch, from Middle Dutch dorn; kameeldoring bush from Afrikaans kameeldoring + English bush; kameelthorn partial translation of Afrikaans kameeldoring; akin to Old English thorn