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noun
Any of a group of bushes in the genus Cyclopia whose flowers smell of honey and whose leaves are used to make an herbal tea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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Synonyms: honeybush tea
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Broader terms: bush tea, red tea
noun
Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
Cuttsia viburnea (native elderberry), of rainforests in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
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noun
Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
Hakea lissocarpha (duck-and-drake-bush), of Western Australia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
Melianthus major (Cape honeyflower), of South Africa and naturalised elsewhere
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noun
Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
Richea scoparia, of Tasmania
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History
From honey + bush; for the South African plant, a calque of Afrikaans heuningbos (heuning + bos). Compare related borrowing rooibos (literally “redbush”) from rooi (“red”) + bos (“bush”).
