camelthorn

English

Alternative forms

• camel's thorn

Etymology

From Dutch kameeldoorn, Afrikaans kameeldoring. Equivalent to camel +‎ thorn.

Noun

camelthorn (plural camelthorns)

1. Vachellia erioloba, formerly Acacia erioloba, a tree native to southern Africa.
2. Alhagi, a genus of shrubs native to northern Africa and Asia Minor.

Translations

a type of Mimosoid thorn tree, Vachellia erioloba

• Afrikaans: kameeldoring (af)
• Dutch: kameeldoorn (nl) m
• German: Kameldorn m
• Portuguese: espinho-de-girafa m

a shrub of the genus Alhagi

• German: Alhagistrauch m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐρυσίσκηπτρον n (erusískēptron)

• Korean: 자밀(刺蜜) (jamil)
• Ottoman Turkish: دوه دیكنی (deve dikeni)
• Persian: خارشُتُر (fa) (xâr-e šotor)
• Punjabi: ਜਵਾਂਹ m (javā̃h)