witgat
See also: wit gat
English
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editwitgat (plural witgats)
- (South Africa) Synonym of motlopi
- 1972, Eve Palmer, Norah Pitman, Trees of Southern Africa:
- The witgats, Boscia albitrunca and Boscia oleoides, are sometimes called shepherd's trees because their neat evergreen crowns cast a small but deep shadow in which for centuries shepherds and their flocks have rested.
Afrikaans
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Noun
editwitgat (plural witgatte)
- motlopi tree
- Synonyms: matoppie, witgatboom
Dutch
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editFrom wit (“white”) + gat (“rump”).
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Noun
editwitgat c (plural witgatten, diminutive witgatje n)
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edit- witgat on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
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