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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Khoekhoe buku.
Noun
buchu (countable and uncountable, plural buchus)
- A South African shrub in the genus Agathosma.
1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 41:Inside us, like chromosomes, lay the memories of […] guinea-fowl clicking in the early morning grass or the delicate tracks of the sandpiper, the smell of buchu and veld fires […]
- (South Africa) Medicinal leaves from the shrub that are often used in brandy; this is an old Dutch medicine.
1999, JM Coetzee, Disgrace, Vintage, published 2000, page 71:Like Lucy, they have potatoes and onions to sell, but also bottled jams, preserves, dried fruit, packets of buchu tea, honeybush tea, herbs.
Derived terms
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Verb
buchu
- third-person plural passive of byś
Upper Sorbian
Verb
buchu
- third-person plural passive of być