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· Afrikaans
boom
2 English words descend from Afrikaans
boom
, most common first.
guarriboom
A shrub, Euclea divinorum; its fruit can be fermented to produce vinegar.
waterboom
Syzygium cordatum, a tree typically growing out of wet ground.