sieketroos, noun
- Forms:
- Also zieketroost, ziekte troest.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch ziekentrooster, see sieketrooster.
The platdoorn, Arctopus echinatus.
1795 C.R. Hopson tr. of C.P. Thunberg’s Trav. I. 234The Arctopus echinatus (Zieke-troost) a low umbelliferous plant without stalk, and even with the surface of the ground, grew in common near the town.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 416Sieketroos, Arctopus echinatus, see platdoring. The vernacular name is derived from the medicinal value of the rootstock which was stated to bring comfort (Afr. troos) to the sick (Afr. siekte).
The platdoorn, Arctopus echinatus.
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