| 单词 | rooibos tea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrooibos tea 2. More fully rooibos tea. extracted from rooibosn. a. The dried leaves of the rooibos plant (see sense 2b) which are infused to make a herbal tea; (also) this beverage itself. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > decoction > [noun] > of herbs, seeds, or bark sorrela1400 cinnamon-water1589 borage-water1620 sage drink1747 sage juice1747 seed water1747 mauby1790 sabzi1804 gentian1840 Angostura1856 gentian bitter1864 sage gargle189. hop bitters1894 rooibos1911 1911 S. Afr. Jrnl. Sci. 7 374 The author described..a Borbonia, the source of Cape ‘rooibos’ tea. 1946 Cape Argus 27 Feb. 6/9 In the country districts bushtea has many names—honey tea, boer tea, rooibos and so on. 1977 Daily Tel. 5 Mar. 18 Rooibosch is almost entirely free from tannin and contains no caffein. 2009 M. Nunn Beautiful Place to Die iii. 39 A window looked out to the backyard, and underneath it sat a table with a box of rooibos tea, a teapot, and some mismatched porcelain mugs. b. A South African evergreen leguminous shrub, Aspalathus linearis (formerly included in the genus Borbonia), with spikes of scented yellow flowers, cultivated for its leaves, which are widely used to make a kind of tea; = redbush n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(d). 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 1915 Rep. 12th Ann. Meeting S. Afr. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 3 The indigenous tea, now largely employed under the name of ‘naaldthee’ or ‘rooibos thee’, which comes from the Cedar Mountains. 1932 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 70 Borbonia pinifolia Marl.,..Rooibostee..and Borbonia cordata..are also used as teas. 1951 Cape Times 17 Oct. 2/6 Mr. Riordan was..a well-known rooibosch tea farmer. 1983 Econ. Bot. 37 164 Rooibos tea..is increasingly recognized as one of the relatively few economic plants that have made the transition from a local wild resource to a cultivated crop. 2005 Femina (S. Afr.) Feb. 10/1 And should you venture high into the Cederberg mountains, you'll discover one of the most unique and powerful of our indigenous fynbos plants—rooibos. < as lemmas |
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