broodboom, noun

/ˈbrʊətbʊəm/
Forms:
Also with initial capital.
Plurals:
broodbome/ˈbrʊətbʊəmə/.
Origin:
South African DutchShow more South African Dutch, brood bread + boom tree.
bread tree.
1786 [see bread tree].
1965 S. Eliovson S. Afr. Wild Flowers for Garden 223E. altensteinii, Broodboom, Bread Tree. This is a tall-stemmed tree which grows to the height of about 15 or 20 feet and comes from the eastern Cape.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 179Broodboom, Several native species of Encephalartos...The vernacular name was first recorded for E. caffer.
1981 Grocott’s Mail 29 Sept. 1My own particular appeal is for a small reserve in the Albany area for Endangered species of the cycad family (Broodboom).
1984 J. Onderstall Tvl Lowveld & Escarpment 28The name Broodboom (‘bread tree’) is derived from the fact that the pith in the stems of some cycads yields an edibled starch.
1988 K. Sutton in E. Prov. Herald 23 July 4Cycads, or broodbome, are hardly the glory of the floral kingdom.
1990 [see Randlord sense 1].
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