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ghap|gɑːp|
Also ghaap, ghab, guaap, ngaap.
[Nama name.]
A South African carrion flower belonging to the genus Trichocaulon, esp. T. piliferum.
1819Rees Cycl. XXXIII. (s.v. Stapelia pilifera), The Hottentots are said to eat it, knowing it by the name of Guaap. 1857L. Pappe Floræ Capensis (ed. 2) 29 Stapelia pilifera..is eaten by the natives, who call it Guaap, for the purpose of quenching their thirst. 1878Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. I. 24 Here we find stunted Mesembryanthemums, numerous kinds of Euphorbias, the peculiar Ghap (Stapelia) in at least a half dozen varieties. 1913C. Pettman Africanderisms 186 Ghab..Stapelia pilifera (as well as others of these Carrion-flowers as they are called), is known by this name in the Karoo. [1932Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk Medicinal & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 151 Natives formerly ate the stem of Stapelia pilifera L., Nama guaap, as a thirst quencher. The Namas still use it for this purpose.] 1962Ibid. (ed. 2) 138 The Trichocaulons, known generically to the Hottentots as ngaap (the spiny-stemmed species) are mostly edible in the raw state. |