samareelboom, noun
- Forms:
- Also sambrielboom.
- Origin:
- South African Dutch, Dutch, Malay-Portuguese, PortugueseShow more South African Dutch, samareel, sambreel umbrella, parasol, from Dutch (as used in the East Indies) sombreel, from Malay-Portuguese sumbrelu, from Portuguese sombriero ‘that which shades’, + Dutch boom tree.
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[1837 Ecklon & Zeyher Enumeratio Plantarum Africae 355Cussonia spicata...Incolis europaeis: Samareelboom, Nojesboom.]
1917 R. Marloth Dict. of Common Names of Plants 72Sambrielboom (Samareel), Cussonia spicata. On account of the umbrella-like terminal tufts of leaves. Also other species. The huge fleshy roots edible.
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