单词 | witgat |
释义 | witgatn. South African. Any of several trees of the genus Boscia, which have pale bark and are found in dry areas of southern Africa, esp. the evergreen B. albitrunca. Also witgatboom [Afrikaans boom tree] . 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 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 18 Their trunks..appeared at a little distance as if they had been whitewashed. From this singular character, they have gained the name of Wit-gat boom. 1860 W. H. Harvey & O. W. Sonder Flora Capensis I. 362 A tall tree called Witgat by the colonists. 1932 C. Fuller Louis Trigardt's Trek 47 We were standing under a witgatboom. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo iv. 54 Close to this grew a witgat tree not fifteen feet tall but with a thick, seamed, milk-white trunk and a dense grey-green crown of tough little leaves. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvii. 271 They..made coffee from the roots of the witgat. 1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. I. 620 Witgat wood is heavy and tough. 1973 Y. Burgess Life to Live 25 Coffee made from the roots of the witgat tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1824 |
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