four corners, noun phrase

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See quotation 1970.
a. kruisbessie sense b. b. kruisbessie sense a. Also attributive.
1917 R. Marloth Dict. of Common Names of Plants 29Four corners = Kruisbessie.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 216Four-corners, The edible fruits of Grewia occidentalis.
1970 M.R. Levyns in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. II. 633Buttonwood, kruisbessie...The fruit when fully developed consists of four small, somewhat fleshy drupes (hence sometimes called four-corners-berry).
1977 E. Palmer Field Guide to Trees of Sn Afr. 212Kruisbessie or Four Corners, Grewia occidentalis L. Fruit:..typically 4-lobed, somewhat bristly, brown to purple.
1987 [see cross-berry].
kruisbessie sense a. Also attributive.
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