butter-tree, noun

Origin:: Afrikaans

The botterboom (sense a), Tylecodon paniculatus.

1822, 1844 [see botterboom].

1987 T.F.J. Van Rensburg Intro. to Fynbos 22Along the West Coast the vegetation is much sparser. Shrubs such as..the butter-tree (Cotyledon paniculata) are found here.

The botterboom (sense a), Tylecodon paniculatus.

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butter-bloem, nounn.button, nounn.

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