kaffir : Idioms & Phrases

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kaffir boom

  • noun small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
    Transvaal kafferboom; Erythrina lysistemon.
  • noun small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
    Cape kafferboom; Erythrina caffra.
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kaffir bread

  • noun South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food
    Encephalartos caffer.
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kaffir cat

  • noun widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor
    caffer cat; Felis ocreata.
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Kaffir corn

  • noun important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
    Sorghum bicolor; kaffir; kafir corn; great millet.
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  • (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.
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kaffir pox

  • noun a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
    milk pox; pseudovariola; West Indian smallpox; pseudosmallpox; variola minor; Cuban itch; white pox; alastrim.
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