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Definition of Spekboom
1. n. The purslane tree of South Africa, -- said to be the favorite food of elephants.
Definition of Spekboom
1. Noun. A South African shrub, of genus ''Portulacaria'', whose succulent leaves are used as fodder ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spekboom
1. an African shrub [n -S]
Medical Definition of Spekboom
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spekboom
Literary usage of Spekboom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Geological Survey (South Africa), Transvaal (Colony). Geological Survey (1907)
"The spekboom River rises near the high ground of shales and quartzites a few ...
After crossing the spekboom River, 3^ miles north of Lydenburg. the road ..."
2. My Command in South Africa, 1874-1878: Comprising Experiences of Travel in by Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame (1880)
"One was killed at 3 o'clock in the morning, and the other was taken away and
killed at spekboom at 11 o'clock at night. They wanted to put him up for a ..."
3. Recollections of a Life in the British Army: During the Latter Half of the by Richard Harrison (1908)
"... Kloof and over the spekboom River to Fort Burgers. This fort, which was in a
good position on the Steel- poort River, and commanded the approaches to ..."
4. Recollections of a Life in the British Army: During the Latter Half of the by Richard Harrison (1908)
"Time did not allow a closer inspection from this side, and so in the evening we
returned to spekboom Fort, a work built by the English in 1878, ..."
5. The Record of a Regiment of the Line: Being a Regimental History of the 1st by Mainwaring George Jacson, M. Jackson (1908)
"At dawn the column crossed the spekboom Bridge and mounted the hills in the face
of slight opposition. A 5-inch gun was then brought to the front and shells ..."
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