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unusual facts about Thorn tree


Thorn tree

Thorntree, a housing estate in the town of Middlesbrough, in North East England



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Ngagane

Of Zulu origin, the name is variously said to mean ‘the unexpected one’, referring to the way the river may suddenly come down in flood; ‘thorn-tree river’, referring to Dichrostachys or Acacia trees growing along the banks, or ‘skeleton river’, the reference being uncertain.