apiesdoring, noun

/ˈɑːpisˌdʊərəŋ//ˈɑːpiːzˌdʊərəŋ/
Forms:
Also aapjesdoorn, apiesdoorn.
Origin:
Afrikaans, South African DutchShow more Afrikaans, earlier South African Dutch aapjesdoorn, aap ape + -ie + euphonic -s- + doorn thorn.
Any of several trees of the genus Acacia of the Leguminosae, with high, leafy crowns, especially A. albida, A. burke, A. galpinii and A. welwitschii; monkey thorn. Also attributive. See also anatree.
1917 R. Marloth Dict. of Common Names of Plants 7Apiesdoorn, Acacia Welwitschii and A. Burkei. Large trees..with numerous straight spines (also on the old wood).
1937 S. Cloete Turning Wheels 165Further away were four tall apies-doorns, which from their size, must have been hundreds of years old.
1944 C.R. Prance Under Blue Roof 27The aapjesdoorn forest choking the pass behind.
1958 R.E. Lighton Out of Strong 3Their farm sloped down from weathered dolomite ridges dotted with white stinkwood trees to the banks of a river shaded by huge apiesdorings.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 63Apiesdoring,..Several species of Acacia which afford effective cover to the small blue-black-faced monkeys.
1973 Star 19 June 19An Acacia Galpinii — or apiesdoring — near Naboomspruit. This particular specimen is almost 80ft high.
1991 [see monkey thorn].
Any of several trees of the genus Acacia of the Leguminosae, with high, leafy crowns, especially A. albida, A. burke, A. galpinii and A. welwitschii; monkey thorn. Also attributive.
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Apdusa, nounn.APK, nounn.
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