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单词 honey bush
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honey bushn.

Brit. /ˈhʌnɪ bʊʃ/, U.S. /ˈhəni ˌbʊʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: honey n., bush n.1
Etymology: < honey n. + bush n.1
1. Any of various shrubs, esp. those having somewhat honey-scented flowers.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > names applied to various species of trees or shrubs > [noun]
purslanec1400
mast tree1597
laburnum1693
whitebark1700
jatropha1754
quince1794
honey bush1813
snake-wood1832
ake1835
akeake1841
fire tree1851
flame-tree1866
subtree1878
1813 W. Ainslie Materia Medica Hindoostan iv. 162 China Box, Murraya exotica... The fragrance of its delicate white flowers is delightful, and has procured for it the name of the Honey bush.
1887 R. Jefferies Amaryllis at Fair xxvi. 200 The damsons and pear; the yellow honey-bush.
1926 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune 27 Aug. 9/3 Popular among the species of the shrubbery being sold for delivery are the spirea, hydrangea, the honey bush and the deutzia.
1956 Pop. Mech. Nov. 57/1 Honey bush, 50 seed $1.00.
2002 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 13 Jan. 44 Great for the back of a sunny, Mediterranean-style border is Melianthus major or Honey Bush.
2. Originally South African. More fully honey bush tea. Any of several South African shrubs of the genus Cyclopia (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)), having honey-scented leaves which are infused to make a herbal tea. Also: the dried leaves and the herbal tea themselves.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > tea-plant > [noun] > types of
herb of Paraguay1672
Indian tea1709
Algerian tea1728
Appalachian tea1728
Arabian tea1728
Canary tea1728
golden rod tea1728
Malay tea1728
Paraguay1728
South Sea tea1728
monarda1752
Oswego tea1752
Paraguay tea1760
Labrador tea1767
maté1768
marsh rosemary1777
blue mountain tea1785
alstonia1806
Ceylon tea1814
Canada tea1817
yerba-maté1818
honey bush1840
Wild Bergamot1843
Hottentot tea1850
kaffir tea1850
khat1858
Brazil tea1866
Mexican tea1866
St. Helena tea1875
rooibos1915
redbush1946
Hudson's Bay tea1948
bergamot1958
1840 Hooker's Jrnl. Bot. 2 350 Another beautiful species of the same Genus [sc. Dryandra] was detected, having flowers like the Cape Honey Bush.
1919 Dunell, Ebden & Co.'s Price List Aug. 30 Tea..Colonial... Honey Bush [per lb.] 4 1/2d.
1982 S. Afr. Jrnl. Sci. 78 472 Herbal tea-drinking is rapidly increasing. This consumption includes over 14 imported herbal teas as well as indigenous Honey Bush Tea.
2006 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 May 178 Such plants as Hypericum laricifolium (romerillo) and Cyclopia subternata (Honeybush tea)—traditional herbal remedies used in Ecuador and South Africa.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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