Meaning of buchu | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A South African shrub in the genus Agathosma.
   countable, uncountable
2. Medicinal leaves from the shrub that are often used in brandy; this is an old Dutch medicine.
   South-Africa, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Inside us, like⟳ chromosomes, lay⟳ the memories of […] guinea-fowl clicking in the early morning grass or the delicate tracks of the sandpiper, the smell⟳ of buchu and veld fires […]”

“Like⟳ Lucy, they have⟳ potatoes and onions to sell⟳, but also bottled jams, preserves, dried fruit, packets of buchu tea, honeybush tea, herbs.”

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