kankerbos, kankerbossie S. Afr.
(ˈkaŋkəbɒs, -ˌbɒsɪ)
[Afrikaans.]
= cancer bush (cancer n. 5).
| 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 248 Kanker boschje.—Sutherlandia frutescens, R. Br. is so named in the Riversdale district. 1931 Farming in S. Afr. Sept. 216 They preferred by far the ‘klein kankerbos’. 1949 L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon 50 There is the kankerbos, which has failed to provide a cure for cancer. 1953 Cape Times 14 July 2/7 These [sc. existing plantings] will be followed by the introduction of more woody species, such as bitou, blombos, kankerbossie and waxberrie. |