kameel

I returned toward the wagons, now eight miles 'distant, and on my way overtook the Hottentots, who, pipe in mouth, were leisurely strolling home, with an air of total indifference as to my proceedings, having come to the conclusion that' Sir could not fung de kameel '(catch the giraffe), for which reason they did not think it worth while to follow me, as I had directed.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Various

He could see the trees, the kameel-thorn, the blue-gums, the orange and peach trees surrounding it, a clump or cloud of green in the veld.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

He could see the trees, the kameel-thorn, the blue-gums, the orange and peach trees surrounding it, a clump or cloud of green in the veld.

The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897

_kameel doorn_, or giraffe thorn, which is found chiefly on dry plains and sandy deserts.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Various