‖brandbossie, noun

/ˈbrantˌbɔsi/
Forms:
Formerly also brand-boschje, brand-bosje.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, brand fire, burn + bossie (earlier bosje, boschje, see boschje) bush; see quotations 1868 and 1917.
The fern Mohria caffrorum of the Schizaeaceae, which appears soon after veld is burned.
1868 L. Pappe Florae Capensis 44In some parts of the Colony, the dry leaves are pulverised, and with fat made into an ointment, which is cooling, and very serviceable in burns and scalds. The vernacular name of this plant is Brand-boschjes.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 86Brandbosjes,..Mohria Thurifraga.
1917 R. Marloth Dict. of Common Names of Plants 15Brandbossie, Mohria caffrorum. Not a shrub but a small deciduous fern of the South West; the leaves appear in great numbers after a bush fire when the shrubby vegetation..has been destroyed.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 176Brandbossie,..Mohria caffrorum...A fern, and one of the earliest plants to come up on burnt veld.
1973 Hancock & Lucas Ferns of Witwatersrand 36Mohrua caffrorum,..Common names: Scented fern; parsley fern; brandbossie.
The fern Mohria caffrorum of the Schizaeaceae, which appears soon after veld is burned.
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