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Definition of Keurboom
1. Noun. Fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental.
Group relationships: Genus Virgilia, Virgilia
Generic synonyms: Tree
2. Noun. Tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Virgilia, Virgilia
Generic synonyms: Tree
Definition of Keurboom
1. Noun. (South Africa) A species of tree, ''Virgilia oroboides,'' noted for it's pretty lilac flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keurboom
Literary usage of Keurboom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Management of Crown Forests at the Cape of Good Hope Under the Old Regime by John Croumbie Brown (1887)
"Thence to the keurboom River, the road will need a little improving, an 1 a slight
deviation will be necessary to cross the river higher up by means of a ..."
2. History of South Africa 1691-1795 by George McCall Theal (1888)
"On the 3rd of November the governor was at the bay into which the keurboom river
falls. To this bay he gave his own name, and caused a landmark with the ..."
3. Travels and adventures in southern Africa by George Thompson (1827)
"... was sent back on our reaching the keurboom River, about three hours on our way.
At this place we entered the great forest, which skirts the mountains, ..."
4. America and the British Colonies: An Abstract of All the Most Useful by William Kingdom (1820)
"The seed of the keurboom sown at this season thrives well. The land must be
ploughed, and sown this month, although there may be no rain. 28th. ..."
5. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"Yellowish-white, hard, straight-grained, strong. Much valued for building and
cabinet- making. keurboom (Virgilia capensis Lam. ..."
6. A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and by James Bell (1832)
"The arms of the Knysna stretch into the deep valleys at the foot of the mountains,
and are there lost in impenetrable forests.—The keurboom, like the Knysna ..."
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