motlopis

Noun

motlopi (plural motlopi or motlopis)

1. The shepherd tree or shepherd's tree (Boscia albitrunca), an evergreen tree native to southern and tropical Africa which is one of the most important forage trees of the Kalahari.
   • The first mile or two was a grassy open plain of grey sandy soil consolidated by the grass roots and the late rains. Then came groves of mimosas, oomahaama, and motlopies, growing as usual from ant-hills, and these again alternated with patches of low bush of brittle wood, with smooth spear-shaped...1862 January 9, Thomas Baines, chapter XI, in Explorations in South-west Africa. […], London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, published 1864, →OCLC, pages 302–303

   Synonyms:

   matoppie, witgat