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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[D., lit. fat tree.]

(Bot.)

The purslane tree of South Africa, – said to be the favorite food of elephants.

Balfour (Cyc. of India).

spekboom ‎(plural spekbooms)

A South African shrub (Portulacaria afra), whose succulent leaves are used as fodder.