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suikerbos S. Afr.
(‖ ˈsœykərbɔs)
Also suikerbosch, -bossie, zuikerbosch.
[a. Afrikaans, f. suiker sugar n. + bos bush n.1]
= sugar-bush 2.
[1793tr. C. P. Thunberg's Trav. Europe, Africa, & Asia I. 292 The Protea mellifera (Tulp-boom and zuyker-boom) contains in its calyx a sweet juice.] 1822W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. I. ii. 18 The delicate Humming birds..are, in Southern Africa,..called by the Dutch colonists Suiker-vogels (sugar birds), from having been observed..to feed principally on the honey of the flowers of the Suiker-bosch (sugar-bush). 1852C. Barter Dorp & Veld vii. 74 We came upon knolls covered with the evergreen Suiker bos a graceful shrub. 1887A. A. Anderson Twenty-Five Years in Waggon I. 210 The fine flat-topped Kameel doorn is very common, palms, baobab,..zuiker-bosch, acacia. 1937S. Cloete Turning Wheels 104 As he rode past a clump of soikerbos [sic] a duiker sprang out. 1950M. M. Kidd Flowering Plants Cape Peninsula Pl. 34 June–Aug. Sugar Bush, Suikerbossie. 1952Cape Times 4 Sept. 5/4 The five dozen selected proteas include..two varieties of the furry suikerbos type. 1971Cape Argus 10 July 5 Now is the time to see all those lovely Proteas and suikerbossies in full bloom. |