stinkkruid, noun
/ˈstəŋkreɪt/, /ˈstəŋkrœɪt/
- Forms:
- Formerly also stink kruit, stinkkruyd.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, stink stink(ing) + kruid (medicinal) herb.
Any of several species of shrubby aromatic annual herb, especially Pentzia suffruticosa, used medicinally for a variety of ailments.
[1837 Ecklon & Zeyher Enumeratio Plantarum Africae 367Anthospermum spermacoceum...Olanta subsiceata olet ova putrida, quamobrem ab incolis, stinkkruyd, Poepgras denominatur.]
1981 S. Afr. Panorama Nov. 49Among the daisies are stinkkruid, gansogiebos, rapuisbos, hongerblom and the bitter gousblom.
Any of several species of shrubby aromatic annual herb, especially Pentzia suffruticosa, used medicinally for a variety of ailments.
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