‖braambos, noun

/ˈbrɑːmbɔs/
Forms:
Formerly also braambosch.
Origin:
Afrikaans, South African Dutch, DutchShow more Afrikaans, earlier South African Dutch braambosch, transferred use of Dutch braambos, braambosch any of several European species of bramble; from braam bramble + bos or bosch bush.
Any of several species of bramble of the genus Rubus (family Rosaceae), especially R. pinnatus. Also attributive.
1856 L. Pappe in Cape of G.H. Almanac & Annual Register 345The fruit of the Bramble or Blackberry bush (Braambosch), ripens in the month of January.
1868 L. Pappe Florae Capensis 12The fruit of this species of Bramble or Blackberry-bush (Braambosch) is equal in flavour and taste to that of Europe.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 84Braambosch,..Rubus pinnatus, the Cape bramble.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 171Braambos(sie), The qualifying word (braam) is the original Dutch (English: bramble) for several species of Rubus in Holland, and transferred to the Cape to the indigenous Rubus pinnatus..with subsequent extensions to cover other indigenous and naturalized introduced species.
1971 L.G. Green Taste of S.-Easter 177He had tried all the medical remedies of the Cape countryside; pomegranate root for tape-worms, braambos roots boiled in water for diarrhoea.
Any of several species of bramble of the genus Rubus (family Rosaceae), especially R. pinnatus. Also attributive.
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