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waterboom

waterboom noun: syzygium cordatum, a tree typically growing out of wet ground.

Noun

waterboom (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa, archaic) Syzygium cordatum, a tree typically growing out of wet ground.
    • On nearing Bacchus Marsh the country becomes wooded, mostly with stunted swamp gums, which look very much like our waterboom, a valueless kind of tree.1901 July 19, “To Australia and Back”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 10, page 299

Origin of waterboom

Afrikaans or English water + Afrikaans boom (“tree”)

Questions about waterboom

What does waterboom mean?
Waterboom means syzygium cordatum, a tree typically growing out of wet ground.
What part of speech is waterboom?
Waterboom is a noun.

Words near waterboom in the dictionary

  1. waterbombers
  2. waterbombing
  3. waterbombs
  4. waterbong
  5. waterbongs
  6. waterboom
  7. waterborne
  8. Waterboro
  9. waterbottle
  10. waterbottles
  11. waterbouget

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