Etymology

keurboom

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Today it means: A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for its pretty lilac flowers. Full definition →

Afrikaans keur
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The story

  1. Afrikaans · derived fromkeur“pick or choice”
  2. English todaykeurboom

From Afrikaans keur (“pick or choice”) + boom (“tree”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.