katjiepieringn.
/katʃɪˈpɪərɪŋ/, /kʌɪkɪˈpɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌkætʃiˈpɪ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˌkaɪkiˈpɪ(ə)rɪŋ/, South African English /kaɪkiˈpɪərɪŋ/ South African.
A South African evergreen shrub of the genus Gardenia, esp. G. thunbergia, belonging to the family Rubiaceæ and bearing large, fragrant, white or yellow flowers.
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1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. II. 111 Wild Catjepiring (Gardenia Thunbergia) is a hard and strong kind of wood, and on this account used for clubs.
1869 W. G. Atherstone in R. Noble Cape & its People 373 The wagons..stand on a bed of wild flowers..fragrant clematis—the ‘traveller's joy’,—vying in sweetness with the wild ‘katjepeering’.
1910 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been xxiii. 282 Friends bring the first daphne of the year, the richest purple violets, the sweetest katjepierings, until the house is heavy with the perfume of flowers.
1949 Cape Argus 3 Dec. 18/5 Gardenias (Katjiepering), flowering, 4s. 6d. each.
1972 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. V. 120/1 Gardenia. Katjiepiering. Genus of evergreen shrubs..which bear sweetly scented white flowers.
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