hardepeer, noun
- Forms:
- Formerly also hardpeer.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, South African DutchShow more Afrikaans (earlier South African Dutch hardpeer), combining form of hard hard + peer pear.
obsolescent
hard pear sense a.
1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 243Hardepeer (hard pear), Olinia capensis...The wood is very hard, very compact, tough and heavy, being suitable for making musical instruments and general fancy work...While this species is the original hardepeer of the early colonists, the vernacular name has been extended to other species of the genus.
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