butter-tree, noun

Origin:
Translation of Afrikaans botterboom.
The botterboom (sense a), Tylecodon paniculatus.
1822, 1844 [see botterboom].
1972 S. Afr. Garden & Home Oct. 26The ‘butter-tree’ (Cotyledon paniculata), the wild sweetpea, elephant’s foot and many, many others.
1987 T.F.J. Van Rensburg Intro. to Fynbos 22Along the West Coast the vegetation is much sparser. Shrubs such as..the butter-tree (Cotyledon paniculata) are found here.
The botterboom (sense a), Tylecodon paniculatus.
Entry Navigation

Visualise Quotations

Quotation summary

Senses

19721987

Browse Related Words

By Category

Trees
Succulents

By Origin

Afrikaans
butter-bloem, nounn.button, nounn.
Copyright © 2025 Dictionary Unit for South African English