Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ysterbos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ys-ter-bos
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dodonaea thunbergii; Dodonaea angustifolia.

Example Sentences

"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)"

Etymology

From Afrikaans ysterbos.

Synonyms

sand olive sandolien ysterhout

Questions

What does ysterbos mean?: Dodonaea thunbergii; Dodonaea angustifolia.
Where does ysterbos come from?: From Afrikaans ysterbos.

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