threethorn, noun
- Origin:
- Translation of South African Dutch driedoring.
obs.
driedoring. Also attributive.
1824 W.J. Burchell Trav. II. 41We continued our journey across the mountain, and descended to an extensive plain covered with threethorn shrubs.
1886 G.A. Farini Through Kalahari Desert 133With this understanding with myself, I lay down and was soon fast asleep under a three-thorn bush.
driedoring. Also attributive.
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