boerboontjie, noun

Forms:: Also boerboontje, bourboontjie.

Origin:: South African DutchShow more South African Dutch, boerboon + diminutive suffix -ie.

1. obsolete. boerboon.

1831 S. Afr. Almanac & Dir. 84Bosche Bourboontjie.

1848 C.J.F. Bunbury Jrnl of Res. at Cape of G.H. 101The Boerboontjes (Schotia speciosa) a leguminous shrub with beautiful scarlet flowers growing in clusters out of the old wood.

2. A variety of broad bean.

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 73Boerboontjes, In the Midlands a variety of broad bean is so named.

1970 C. De Villiers Informant, Bloemfontein, Free StateBoerboontjies are tasty in soup.

boerboon.

A variety of broad bean.

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boerboon, nounn.Boer brandy, noun phrasen. phr.

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