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marula|məˈrʊlə|
Also maroela (Afrikaans), maroola, meroola, merula, -ley, -li, morala, morula.
[Afrikaans, ad. Tswana and North Sotho morula.]
A tree, Sclerocarya caffra, of the family Anacardiaceæ, found in central and southern Africa, and bearing an oval yellow fruit about two inches long that is used locally for making an intoxicating drink; also, the fruit of this tree. Also attrib.
1857D. Livingstone Missionary Travels & Researches in S. Afr. viii. 165 Another tree, the ‘Morala’..has never been known to be touched by lightning. 1868D. Oliver Flora Trop. Afr. I. 449 S[clerocarya] Caffra,..Mozamb. Distr. Lake Nyassa and other localities in Zambesi-land. Native name ‘Morula’. 1877T. Baines Gold Regions S.E. Afr. i. 9 The Marula, as large as a peach and with a kernel almost like one, has a pleasant flavour. 1881E. E. Frewer tr. Holub's Seven Yrs. S. Afr. II. 391 We passed some more of the morula-trees. 1888P. Gillmore Days & Nights by Desert vii. 47 A ridge..here and there studded with meruli and mimosa trees. 1890― Through Gasa Land 296 The meruley tree..seems to be a cross between a green plum and a walnut or hickory. 1907Transvaal Agric. Jrnl. Jan. 411 The Meroola or Marula..a few specimens of the whole fruit of this tree were obtained. 1910J. Buchan Prester John ix. 168 Tied up to a merula tree, were two of the finest beasts I had seen in Africa. 1920Nature 6 May 298/2 The palms and morula-trees yield wine. 1932C. Fuller Louis Trigardt's Trek x. 124 With him came three Indunas who brought a calabash of ‘appel bier’ (Morula wine). 1939S. Cloete Watch for Dawn xxix. 430 The wagon was jacked up by a big marula tree. 1950Cape Argus 17 July 7/7 The maroela, a plant found in the Transvaal. 1955T. V. Bulpin Ivory Trail (ed. 2) ii. 27 Native-made maroela beer. Ibid. xi. 116 September..when the maroela trees show their first flowers. 1972Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 4 Apr. 21/1 Johannesburgh—The tempting marula fruit is ripe once more in South Africa's Kruger National Park and thousands of happy elephants are on their annual spree... The berry is green and about the size of a plum... The fruit ferments in the big beast's belly and the elephant acts as a ponderous four-legged still. |