salien.
/ˈsaliː/ = sage-wood n. (b) at sage n.1 Compounds 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > sage-wood
salie1819
sage-wood1854
1819 C. G. Curtis Acct. Colony Cape Good Hope 72 Saly hout..Hard and heavy.
1908 F. C. Slater Sunburnt South 11 Wild-willows and feathery-flowered zalie trees grew in..profusion.
1932 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 140 Sagewood, Saliehout,..is possibly used medicinally by the Hottentots.
1952 Cape Times 2 Aug. 9/3 Among indigenous trees, three are milkwood, salie and Kafir plum.
1973 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. IX. 459/1 Saliehout... Tall, much-branched shrub..with large, simple, opposite, grey-green leaves.
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