waterboom
(South Africa, archaic) , a tree typically growing out of wet ground.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(South Africa, archaic) , 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.
Origin: Afrikaans or English water +. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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