Etymology

spekboom

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Today it means: A South African shrub (Portulacaria afra), whose succulent leaves are used as fodder. Full definition →

Afrikaans spek
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The story

  1. Afrikaans · derived fromspek“bacon”
  2. English todayspekboom

From Afrikaans spek (“bacon”) + boom (“tree”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.