waterboom

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noun

Syzygium cordatum, a tree typically growing out of wet ground.

OriginAfrikaans boom →
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Meanings

nounwaterboom (uncountable)
  1. South AfricaarchaicuncountableSyzygium cordatum, 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.

    1901 July 19, “To Australia and Back”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 10, page 299

Origin

  1. Afrikaansboom“tree”
  2. Englishwaterboom

Afrikaans or English water + Afrikaans boom (“tree”)

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APA

waterboom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterboom

MLA

“waterboom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterboom. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waterboom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterboom.

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