stinkhout
Afrikaans
Noun
stinkhout (plural stinkhoute)
- black stinkwood, Ocotea bullata
- 2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, page 56:
- "En watter hout, soos ons almal weet, is die koningshout in hierdie bos?" "Stinkhout, meneer."
- "And which wood is, as we all know, the king of all woods in this forest?" "Black stinkwood, Sir."
- any of several other tree species which release a strong smell when freshly felled, such as Celtis africana (witstinkhout), Celtis gomphophylla (growweblaarstinkhout), Prunus africana (rooistinkhout), or Celtis mildbraedii (rooivrugwitstinkhout)