Either of two spiny leguminous shrubs occurring in arid country.
Alhagi camelorum (of the Middle East) and Acacia giraffae (of southern Africa), family Leguminosae
Example sentencesExamples
- A cape cobra thrusts its yellow head out of a nest in a camel thorn tree, its jaws clenched around two screaming chicks.
- Well-established camel thorn trees are of the most drought resistant trees we have.
- The lodge covers an area of approximately 15 hectares of local ‘bushveld’ and centuries-old camel thorn trees.
- One afternoon, I spotted a starving old lioness lying in the sparse shade of a camel thorn tree near the water hole.
- The beautiful, slow-growing camel thorn grows well in poor soils and in harsh environmental conditions.