aandblom
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Afrikaans aandblom (“evening flower”), aand (“evening”) + blom (“flower”)[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːnt.blɒm/[1]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑnt.blɑm/[1]
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: aand‧blom
Noun edit
aandblom (plural aandblomme)
- (South Africa) Any of several, typically evening blooming, flowers related to the Iris, in particular of the genus Hesperantha. [First attested in the late 18th century.][1]
- 2004, Peter Joyce, Flower Watching in the Cape: Scenic Routes Throughout the Year:
- This 22-ha area protects a fragment of granitic soil that nurtures a host of species, most striking of which are bulb-like plants such as the multi-hued babianas and lachenalias; white, read and pink sundews (carnivorous plants that meet their mineral needs by feeding on insects); the 'evening flowers', or aandblomme, whose heady scent fills the air at dusk, and the lovely chincherinchees, creamy blooms that grow profusely in the area.
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aandblom”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.