Etymology

renosterveld

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Today it means: A South African ecoregion of Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub. Full definition →

Afrikaans renosterveld
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  1. Afrikaans · borrowed fromrenosterveld
  2. English todayrenosterveld

From Afrikaans renosterveld (literally “rhinoceros field”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.