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come-and-I'll-kiss-you en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (no-plural) A tree native to southern Africa of species Ziziphus mucronata.
   • ... — hence the name 'wag-'n-bietjie' (Afrikaans for 'wait a bit') and the English vernacular name sometimes used: 'come-and-I'll-kiss-you'. The small, greenish, spreading flowers are grouped in clusters. ... 1970, Nasionale Opvoedkundige Uitgewery, Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Capetown, volume 2, page 365:
   • ... The Zulu name (Nat) strikes a more ironical note in its translation—"come-and-I'll-kiss-you"—obviously prompted by that same tenacity of embrace. ... (Can we date this quote?), Christo Albertyn Smith, Common Names of South African Plants, published 1966, page 113:

Synonyms

buffalo thorn · wait-a-bit · wait-a-minute