单词 | honey bush |
释义 | honey bushn. 1. Any of various shrubs, esp. those having somewhat honey-scented flowers. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1813 |
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