plakkie, noun

Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, plak to stick + -ie; see quotation 1966.
Usually in the plural.
1. Any of several plants, especially species of the genera Cotyledon, Crassula and Kalanchoe.
1917 R. Marloth Dict. of Common Names of Plants 67Plakkies, Crassula portulacea.
1938 Press-cutting in B. Van der Riet Letters. (Cory Library)There is another disease known as krimpzichte, or neto, affecting goats throughout the Karoo, but the cause of this is a Cotyledon (plakkies).
1929 Farming in S. Afr. Feb. 1279Spineless Cactus, Botterboom (Cotyledon paniculata), Plakkies (Crassula portulacea), pumpkins or potatoes can be used in the place of prickly-pear.
1934 C.P. Swart Supplement to Pettman. 138Plakkies,..A shrub, the crassula portulacea, is so termed by the Dutch farmer.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 371Plakkie, Assigned to a number of species of Cotyledon, Crassula and Kalanchoe, either from the sound produced by slapping the leaves against one another...or from the fact that the leaves of several species, after being warmed and the skin removed,..were applied to abscesses, sores etc. to draw out the pus.
1984 A. Wannenburgh Natural Wonder of Sn Afr. 103Growing in a small pocket of earth among the rocks, succulent plakkies derive their name from the fact that the leaves of certain species were used as dressings for drawing wounds.
1994 Weekend Post 19 Feb. (Leisure) 6The use of plants to cure maladies is interesting, with this one coming hard on the heels of the recent recommendation of the leaves of Cotyledon orbiculata (commonly known as plakkies) and Kalanchoe thyrsiflora for calluses.
2. rare. slip-slop.
1970 T. Krige Informant, Bloemfontein, Free StateIn the midday heat of the summer sun I have to wear my plakkies on the beach to protect the soles of my feet from the heat. (Plakkies — rubber beach sandals or beach thongs.)
1971 M. Cozien in UCT Studies in Eng. Feb. 29Beach-thongs, sandles [sic] made of rubber..have a great many names here — sloppies, slip-slops, plakkies, etc.
Any of several plants, especially species of the genera Cotyledon, Crassula and Kalanchoe.
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