wagenboom
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans wagenboom, literally "wagon tree".
Noun
wagenboom (plural wagenbooms)
- A South African proteaceous tree (Protea nitida).
- The tough wood of this tree, used for making wagon wheels.
Synonyms
- waboom
- wagon tree
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wagenboom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)