eendjie, noun
- Forms:
- Also eendje.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ‘duckling’, eend duck + diminutive suffix -ie.
obsolescent
Usually in the plural : A name for the inflated pods of the plants Sutherlandia frutescens and S. tomentosa of the Fabaceae.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 161Eendjes,..The name given by the Grahamstown boys to the pods of Sutherlandia frutescens, R. Br. which they break off and float in water.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 208Eendjies, The inflated pods of Sutherlandia Frutescens..and S. Tomentosa..drift on water like ducks.
Usually in the plural :A name for the inflated pods of the plants Sutherlandia frutescens and S. tomentosa of the Fabaceae.
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