honeybush

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. South-Africa
    — The Fynbos Vinegar, named for vegetation typical of the Cape region, is seasoned with honeybush tea, rose geranium, wild olive, grape must and buchu, a local bush.
  2. 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.
  3. Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:; Hakea lissocarpha (duck-and-drake-bush), of Western Australia
  4. 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
  5. Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:; Richea scoparia, of Tasmania

词形变化

honeybushes plural

词源

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”).
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