honeybush
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
honey + bush
Noun
honeybush (plural honeybushes)
- Any of a group of bushes in the genus Cyclopia whose flowers smell of honey and whose leaves are used to make tea.
- 2009 September 9, Florence Fabricant, “2 Tasty Vinegars From South Africa”, in New York Times:
- 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.
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- Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey.
- Cuttsia viburnea, native elderberry, a plant species of rainforests in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
- Hakea lissocarpha, a plant species from Western Australia
- Melianthus major, the Cape honeyflower, a plant species from South Africa and naturalised elsewhere
- Richea scoparia, a plant species from Tasmania