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sweetveld
(sweet|veld)
Pronunciation:
/ˈswiːtfɛlt/
noun
[
mass noun
]
South African
land on which plants providing nutritious grazing grow.
nutritious vegetation.
Origin:
probably partly translating Dutch
zoeteveld
; compare with
sourveld
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