wagenboomn.
/ˈvɑːɡənbuːm/, U.S. /ˈvɑɡənˌbum/, South African English /ˈvɑːxənbʊəm/ South African.
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sugar-tree1705
wagenboom1790
suikerbos1818
sugar-bush1822
wagon-tree1822
Protea1824
blushing bride1917
1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. I. 255 A few paltry woods..had some resemblance to that named Wage-boom.
1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 123 We passed some large trees of Wagenboom (Protea grandiflora), so called by the colonists because the wood of it has been found suitable for making the fellies of waggon-wheels.
1873 J. W. Dawson Story Earth & Man xi. 258 Cone-like fruits belonging to the Proteaceæ (..wagenbooms, etc.).
1880 A. H. Swinton Insect Variety 267 The..Eocene flora..as evidenced by the London Clay drift beds..shows fruits of..Australian banksias, silver-trees, wagonbooms.
1897 S. J. Du Toit Rhodesia 126 This region cannot be unhealthy, for the ‘sugar-bosch’ and ‘waggon~boom’ grow everywhere.
1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 59 [Used for tanning:] The bark and leaves of various Proteaceæ (Sugarbushes, Kreupelbooms, Vabooms, and Amandel).
1946 Cape Times 5 Feb. 6/8 He is collecting waboom and kreupelbos seeds above the Camps Bay slopes so that the bare areas..can be covered with these handsome proteas.
1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. I. 525 The waboom is one of the tallest of the genus Protea and is conspicuous in dry rocky areas of the Cape.
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