vetkousie, noun

/ˈfetkəʊsi/, /ˈfɛtkəʊsi/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, vet fat + kous sock + -ie; see quotation 1966.
The edible succulent plant Carpanthea pomeridiana of the Aizoaceae.
1890 A.G. Hewitt Cape Cookery 30Almost any vegetable may be made into a Brédé. Pumpkin, water eeintjes, vet kousies, tomatoes, [etc.].
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 484Vetkousie, Carpanthea pomeridiana...A small annual. Leaves in a radical rosette, flat, more or less spathulate, fleshy; flowers solitary, peduncled, golden yellow...The young plants were formerly used as a salad. The vernacular name is a part corruption and a part translation of the Hottentot name.
1974 Motorist Aug. 35No less imaginative were the names of some of the flowers — vetkousies, weeskindertjies, aandblommetjies and duikerwortel.
1983 M.M. Kidd Cape Peninsula 156Carpanthea pomeridiana. Mesembryanthemaceae. Vetkousie. Sprawling annual..common in sand.
The edible succulent plant Carpanthea pomeridiana of the Aizoaceae.
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vetkoekie, nounn.Vierkleur, nounn.
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