Meaning of ysterbos | Babel Free

Definitions

Dodonaea thunbergii; Dodonaea angustifolia.

South-Africa, no-plural, rare

Examples

“D. viscosa is from India. Our native D. thunbergii — the Yyster-bossie or Sand-olien — is very similar, and should prove […]”

“The Renosterbos (Elytropappus rhinocerotis) is sometimes dominant here and the Ysterbos (Dodonea viscosa) is also abundant.”

“She bends over the bright feathery foliage to check, yes it is ysterbos, an infallible remedy for kidney disorders, and for something else, but she can't remember other than that the old people treasured their bunches of dried ysterbos.”

“Ysterbossie 5 1 (in a table of indigenous plants used as medicines)”

CEFR level