rooibos

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹɔɪ.bɒs/    美 /ˈɹɔɪˌbɔs/|/ˈɹɔɪˌbɑs/|/ˈɹu.iˌbɔs/|/ˈɹu.iˌbɑs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shrub (Aspalathus linearis) from which a tisane (herbal tea) is made. South-Africa,uncountable
    — The air is aromatic with buchu (Rutaceae), pines, rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), and, of course, the cedars for which these mountains are named.
  2. The tisane (herbal tea) made from this plant. uncountable
    — The respondent obtained the registration of a trade mark for bush tea, one essential particular of which was the name of "Rooibosch" tea. Before the registration the same kind of tea had been known by several names one of them being Red bush tea, or in Dutch "Roodebosch" tea, and the appellants had sold similar tea under that appellation.
  3. Various shrubs of the genus Combretum. South-Africa,uncountable
    — The crest of the rim and the upper portion of both the outer and inner slopes are covered with a fairly thick growth of Rooibosch (Combretum holosericeum), and Bastard Rooibosch (Combretum apiculatum), accompanied by Dichrostachys nutans, Grewia occidentales, and isolated examples of Marula (Sclerocarya caffra) and Tambootie (Exoecaria africana); […]

词形变化

rooibosch alternative

词源

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans rooibos (literally “redbush”), from Dutch rooi (“red”) + bos (“bush”). Compare related honeybush via Afrikaans heuningbos from heuning (“honey”) + bos (“bush”).
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