a. Chiefly in sense 2, as in Cape wine, Cape region, Cape boor, etc.; esp. in numerous names of animals, plants, etc. found at the Cape of Good Hope, as Cape aloe, Cape ant-eater, Cape ash, Cape badger, Cape ebony, Cape heath, Cape marmot, etc. (See also Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Historical Princ. (1996) for many other specific names.)
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1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxxiv. 351 I have seen it drunk..for red Cape wine.
1822 BurrowesEncycl. V. 623/2 A cape boor bestows no more labour on his farm than is absolutely necessary.