melkhoutn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛlkhəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛlkˌ(h)oʊt/, South African English

/ˈmelkhəʊt/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Afrikaans melkhout; Dutch melkhout.

Etymology: < Afrikaans melkhout and its etymon South African Dutch melkhout < Dutch melk milk n.¹ + hout wood (compare holt n.¹).

South African.

Any of several trees of the family Sapotaceae with milky sap; esp. (a) (more fully white melkhout) the white milkwood, Sideroxylon inerme; the pale timber of this tree; (b) (more fully red melkhout) the red milkwood, Mimusops obovata.

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a1823 J. Ewart Jrnl. (1970) 81 Three very large trees of a species I had never before seen grew seemingly from one root, they were called the melk hout or milk wood.

1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 43/2 Melkhout, a white wood used for wheelwood.

1887 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) (new ed.) 125 In those of [the] Klein and Van Stadans rivers are found..Melkhout (Sideroxylon inerme)..Red Melkhout (Mimusops obovata).

1949 L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon 99 This captain..found a melkhout tree near the highwater mark.

1971 M. Baraitser & S. Obholzer Cape Country Furnit. 259 Other woods used are melkhout and yellowwood. They do not last as long and are inclined to crack, rot or become infested by beetles.

1990 Weekend Post (Port Elizabeth) 19 May (Leisure) 7 Back along the terrace past a very large melkhout tree (Sideroxylon inerme) was a well-grown kershout.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melkhout
释义	melkhoutn. Brit. /ˈmɛlkhəʊt/, U.S. /ˈmɛlkˌ(h)oʊt/, South African English /ˈmelkhəʊt/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Afrikaans melkhout; Dutch melkhout. Etymology: < Afrikaans melkhout and its etymon South African Dutch melkhout < Dutch melk milk n.¹ + hout wood (compare holt n.¹). South African. Any of several trees of the family Sapotaceae with milky sap; esp. (a) (more fully white melkhout) the white milkwood, Sideroxylon inerme; the pale timber of this tree; (b) (more fully red melkhout) the red milkwood, Mimusops obovata. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs keurboom1731 silver-tree1731 witteboom1799 Hottentot's bean1801 melkhouta1823 monkey apple1824 witgatboom1824 Hottentot's bean tree1833 spek-boom1834 mopane1854 Welwitschia1862 ambatch1863 miombo1864 pith tree1864 porkwood1875 tree purslane1882 buffalo-horn1887 monkey guava1887 bush willow1917 melkboom1917 msasa1923 rooibos1932 miraa1945 ovangkol1972 pigeon wood1972 tambotie1973 a1823 J. Ewart Jrnl. (1970) 81 Three very large trees of a species I had never before seen grew seemingly from one root, they were called the melk hout or milk wood. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 43/2 Melkhout, a white wood used for wheelwood. 1887 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) (new ed.) 125 In those of [the] Klein and Van Stadans rivers are found..Melkhout (Sideroxylon inerme)..Red Melkhout (Mimusops obovata). 1949 L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon 99 This captain..found a melkhout tree near the highwater mark. 1971 M. Baraitser & S. Obholzer Cape Country Furnit. 259 Other woods used are melkhout and yellowwood. They do not last as long and are inclined to crack, rot or become infested by beetles. 1990 Weekend Post (Port Elizabeth) 19 May (Leisure) 7 Back along the terrace past a very large melkhout tree (Sideroxylon inerme) was a well-grown kershout. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1823
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