| 单词 | hottentot tea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHottentot tea Hottentot tea n. (also Hottentot's tea) any of several South African plants belonging or formerly belonging to the genus Helichrysum (family Asteraceae), esp. H. nudifolium and Plecostachys serpyllifolia, the leaves of which were formerly used to make a herbal infusion. 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 1850 L. Pappe Floræ Capensis Medicæ Prodromus 17 Helichrysum serpyllifolium..goes by the name of Hottentot's tea,..and is much liked by the coloured people, who infuse it as tea. 1972 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. V. 611/1 Hottentot tea... Helichrysum orbiculare = H. serpyllifolium... Another species, which is also called Hottentot-tea, is H. nudifolium. < as lemmas |
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