/chin'cheuh rin chee", -rin"chee, ching'keuh-/ , n.
a bulbous plant, Ornithogalum thyrsoides, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, having dense clusters of cream-colored or white flowers.
[ 1925-30; tjienkerientjee, perh. tjienker- ( uintjie name for various edible bulbs (cf. uietjie, dim. of ui onion); often alleged to be imit. representation of the sound produced when the stalks are rubbed together ]