ewwatrewwa, noun

/ˈevəˈtrevə/
Forms:
Also evertrever, ewa-trewa.
Origin:
Etymology unknown, perhaps onomatopoeic (see quotation 1966).
The terrestrial orchid Satyrium coriifolium of the Orchidaceae, with red to orange-red flowers, found in the western and eastern Cape.
1913 H. Tucker Our Beautiful Peninsula 92The many-tinted evertrevers, like fairy aloes, fringe the pinewoods.
1917 R. Marloth Dict. of Common Names of Plants 26Ewa-trewa, (pron: evertrevor). Satyrium coriifolium. Name? Perhaps from ‘ou’ma-Trewa’, as in use at Hermanus.
1950 M.M. Kidd Wild Flowers 172Satyrium coriifolium. Orchidaceae. Ewwatrewwa, Ouma-trewwa..occasional on flats and low mountain slopes..July-Oct.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 212Ewwa-trewwa, A robust, tall-growing terrestrial orchid...The vernacular name appears to be onomatopoeic and is derived from the sound produced when the stems are rubbed up against one another. The generic name is said to be derived from the two spurs which are suggestive of the horns of a satyr.
1967 Some Protected Wild Flowers of Cape Prov. (Cape Prov. Admin.) 194Ewwa Trewwa, Spring..Western, South-western and Eastern Cape.
The terrestrial orchid Satyrium coriifolium of the Orchidaceae, with red to orange-red flowers, found in the western and eastern Cape.
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