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Definition of Encephalartos caffer
1. Noun. South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encephalartos Caffer
Literary usage of Encephalartos caffer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Cycads by Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1919)
"In this region I wanted to study encephalartos caffer and E. horridus. No South
African cycad causes more disagreement among local botanists than ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... the edible spongy pith of the stems and cones of any of several species of
cycads (qv) growing in South Africa, especially encephalartos caffer. ..."
3. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1855)
"... with portions of the Cone itself, of encephalartos caffer, which ripened at
Chatsworth in 1848 ; together with Nuts of E. Caffer and E. horridus, ..."
4. Journal of the International Garden Club by International Garden Club (1918)
"For example encephalartos caffer produced two leaves only during 1915, the
following September 1916 two large cones appeared, ripening and shedding its ..."
5. Travels in the Interior of South Africa: Comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting by James Chapman (1868)
"By the edges of ravines and among rocks is found the encephalartos caffer, the
stem of which, marked with the scars of the fallen fronds of many years and ..."
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