单词 | buchu |
释义 | buchu /booh"kooh, byooh"kyooh/, n. any of several southern African citrus shrubs of the genus Agathosma or the genus Diosma, esp. A. betulina, A. crenulata, or D. ericoides, whose leaves yield a dark-colored oil formerly used as a urinary antiseptic and mild diuretic. [1725-35; < Afrik (now sp. boegoe) < Khoikhoi, first attested as boggoa (1668)] |
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