acacia

nl-noun

acacia m (plural acacia's, diminutive acaciaatje n)

acacia's (plural)
acaciaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: akasia

Borrowed from Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía).

a shrub or tree of a species that belongs to the genus Acacia

(particularly) Synonym of robinia (“Robinia pseudoacacia”)


erwt

erwt f (plural erwten, diminutive erwtje n)

erwten (plural)
erwtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ertjie
→ Xhosa: i-ertyisi

→ Indonesian: ercis

→ Papiamentu: ert (dated)

→ Sranan Tongo: erki

From Middle Dutch erwete, from Old Dutch *erwit, from Proto-West Germanic *arwīt, from Proto-Germanic *arwīts. Cognate to German Erbse.

Pisum sativum
Pisum sativum#Translingual


luzerne

Medicago sativa
Medicago sativa#Translingual


klaver

klaver f or m (plural klavers, diminutive klavertje n)

klavers (plural)
klavertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: klawer

Jersey Dutch: klâver

→ Indonesian: klaver

→ West Frisian: klaver

From Middle Dutch clavere, from Old Dutch *klēvara, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā.

(botany, strictly speaking) A clover, trefoil; a plant of the tribe Trifolieae, particularly of the genus Trifolium


robinia

robinia m (plural robinia's, diminutive robiniaatje n)

robinia's (plural)
robiniaatje (diminutive neuter)


peul

peul m or f (plural peulen, diminutive peultje n)

peulen (plural)
peultje (diminutive neuter)

(especially in the diminutive) snow pea (Pisum sativum var. saccharatum), or its pod eaten as food


mungboon

mungboon f or m (plural mungbonen, diminutive mungboontje n)

mungbonen (plural)
mungboontje (diminutive neuter)

Vigna radiata
Vigna radiata#Translingual

mung bean (plant or edible seed of Vigna radiata)


wikke

From Middle Dutch wicke, from Old Dutch *wikka, from Proto-West Germanic *wikkjā, from Latin vicia.

vetch, leguminous plant of the genus Vicia


kikkererwt

kikkererwt f (plural kikkererwten, diminutive kikkererwtje n)

kikkererwten (plural)
kikkererwtje (diminutive neuter)

Ultimately from Latin cicer. Reanalysed as kikker + erwt.

Cicer arietinum
Cicer arietinum#Translingual


linze

linze f (plural linzen, diminutive linsje n)

linzen (plural)
linsje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch lins, lynsen, from Middle High German linse, from Old High German linsa, likely a borrowing from an unidentified source.
Compare Latin lēns, Lithuanian lęšis, and Old Church Slavonic лѧща (lęšta) sounding too similar for a coincidence, however different enough to prohibit reconstruction of a common PIE protoform.
If ultimately a non-IE loanword, locating the source is virtually impossible because cultivation of lentil was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

Lens culinaris
Lens culinaris#Translingual


kousenband

Afrikaans: kousband

Negerhollands: kous-bant

→ Sranan Tongo: kowsbanti

→ Lokono: kósoebantji

→ Aukan: kowsubanti

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kosbanti

From Middle Dutch cousenbant. Equivalent to kous + -en- + band. The sense “yardlong bean” originated in Surinamese Dutch.

Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis#Translingual

yardlong bean, asparagus bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)


stekelbrem

(chiefly uncountable) needle furze, pettywhin (Genista anglica)


brem

(particularly) common broom, Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius)


kruipbrem

creeping broom, hairy greenweed (Genista pilosa)


ginst

From Middle Dutch genst, from Old French geneste, from Latin genista. Cognate with German Ginster.

Ulex europaeus
Ulex europaeus#Translingual


aardaker

aardaker m (plural aardakers, diminutive aardakertje n)

aardakers (plural)
aardakertje (diminutive neuter)

Lathyrus tuberosus
Lathyrus tuberosus#Translingual


witte klaver

witte klaver f or m (plural witte klavers, diminutive wit klavertje n)

witte klavers (plural)
wit klavertje (diminutive neuter)

Trifolium repens
Trifolium repens#Translingual


wondklaver

wondklaver f or m (plural wondklavers, diminutive wondklavertje n)

wondklavers (plural)
wondklavertje (diminutive neuter)

From wond (“wound”) + klaver (“klaver”), referring to its use in treating wounds. Compare its Latin name (vulnerarius derives from vulnus (“wound”)), German Wundklee and English woundwort.

kidney vetch, woundwort, Anthyllis vulneraria


rode klaver

rode klaver f or m (plural rode klavers, diminutive rood klavertje n)

rode klavers (plural)
rood klavertje (diminutive neuter)

Trifolium pratense
Trifolium pratense#Translingual


kleine klaver

kleine klaver f or m (plural kleine klavers, diminutive klein klavertje n)

kleine klavers (plural)
klein klavertje (diminutive neuter)


hazenpootje

Diminutive of hazenpoot (“hare's leg/foot”). Compare English harefoot and the species name of the mushroom, lagōpūs being Latin (although borrowed from Ancient Greek) for "hare's foot". Note, too, the formation of hazenstaart.


stalkruid

From stallen (“(of horses) to piss”) + kruid (“herb”). Ononis spinosa is said to have diuretic properties.

compound

a restharrow, any plant of the genus Ononis, particularly Ononis spinosa


kattendoorn

nl-noun

kattendoorn m (plural kattendoorns, diminutive kattendoorntje n)

kattendoorns (plural)
kattendoorntje (diminutive neuter)

From kat (“cat”) + -en- + doorn (“thorn”).

spiny restharrow, Ononis spinosa subsp. spinosa


kruipend stalkruid

Literally, “creeping restharrow”; the plant tends to grow close to the ground instead of vertically upwards.

common restharrow, Ononis repens syn. Ononis spinosa subsp. procurrens syn. Ononis spinosa subsp. repens


fenegriek

From Middle Dutch fenegriec, fenigreec, fenigriec, from Latin foenum-graecum.

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Trigonella foenum-graecum#Translingual

(botany) fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)


bokshoornklaver

bokshoornklaver m (plural bokshoornklavers, diminutive bokshoornklavertje n)

bokshoornklavers (plural)
bokshoornklavertje (diminutive neuter)

From bokshoorn (“buckhorn”) + klaver (“clover, trefoil”).


bokshoorn

nl-noun

bokshoorn m (plural bokshoorns, diminutive bokshoorntje n)

bokshoorns (plural)
bokshoorntje (diminutive neuter)


gaspeldoorn

gaspeldoorn m (plural gaspeldoorns, diminutive gaspeldoorntje n)

gaspeldoorns (plural)
gaspeldoorntje (diminutive neuter)

From a diminutive of Middle Dutch gaspe (“buckle”) + doorn (“thorn”). The first element is a variant form of the same word that yielded modern gesp (“buckle”); an oft repeated theory to explain this etymology is that the thorns of this shrub were used as pins for clothing.


heidebrem

Compound of heide (“heath”) + brem (“broom”).


verfbrem

Genista tinctoria
Genista tinctoria#Translingual

woad-waxen, dyer's greenweed, Genista tinctoria


kroonkruid

Compound of kroon (“crown”) + kruid (“herb”); kroontjeskruid (“sun spurge”) was formed similarly.

a crownvetch; any plant of genus Securigera