† cannibal stinkwoodn.

Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English lexical item. Etymons: proper name Camdeboo , stinkwood n.

Etymology: Apparently < Camdeboo (Afrikaans Kamdeboo), the name of a region and a national park in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, with folk-etymological alteration after cannibal n. + stinkwood n.

South African. Obsolete.

A timber tree of southern Africa which gives a strong odour when felled, either the white stinkwood, Celtis africana (family Cannabaceae), or (perhaps by confusion) the black stinkwood, Ocotea bullata (family Lauraceae).

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1859 R. J. Mann Colony of Natal viii. 156 There is a variety of this wood, known under the name of the ‘Cannibal Stink-wood’.

1877 M. A. Barker Year's Housek. S. Afr. 325 What rhyme or reason, what sense or satire can there be in such a name as ‘Cannibal Stink-wood’?—applied..to a graceful, handsome tree whose bark gives out an aromatic..perfume.

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 107 Cannibal stinkwood, Celtis Kraussiana. The first part of this name appears to be a corruption of Camdeboo..; it is applied to a variety of stinkwood, the wood of which is woolly, porous, and useless to the cabinet-maker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cannibal stinkwood
释义	† cannibal stinkwoodn. Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English lexical item. Etymons: proper name Camdeboo , stinkwood n. Etymology: Apparently < Camdeboo (Afrikaans Kamdeboo), the name of a region and a national park in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, with folk-etymological alteration after cannibal n. + stinkwood n. South African. Obsolete. A timber tree of southern Africa which gives a strong odour when felled, either the white stinkwood, Celtis africana (family Cannabaceae), or (perhaps by confusion) the black stinkwood, Ocotea bullata (family Lauraceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > stinkwoods stinkwood1731 stinking wood1793 cannibal stinkwood1859 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 1859 R. J. Mann Colony of Natal viii. 156 There is a variety of this wood, known under the name of the ‘Cannibal Stink-wood’. 1877 M. A. Barker Year's Housek. S. Afr. 325 What rhyme or reason, what sense or satire can there be in such a name as ‘Cannibal Stink-wood’?—applied..to a graceful, handsome tree whose bark gives out an aromatic..perfume. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 107 Cannibal stinkwood, Celtis Kraussiana. The first part of this name appears to be a corruption of Camdeboo..; it is applied to a variety of stinkwood, the wood of which is woolly, porous, and useless to the cabinet-maker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1859
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