rooibos

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1. •
   A shrub (Aspalathus linearis) from which a tisane (herbal tea) is made.

   • The air is aromatic with buchu (Rutaceae), pines, rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), and, of course, the cedars for which these mountains are named. — 1980
2. •
   The tisane (herbal tea) made from this plant.

   • During the past twenty years or so farmers in the Cedarberg region, from Citrusdal to Nieuwoudtville, have raised the rooibos tea industry from obscurity to minor boom. — 1967
3. •
   (South-Africa) Various shrubs of the genus Combretum.

   • Bush Willow (Rooibos) (Combretum apiculatum). Rooibos occurs in most parts of the ranching areas of the northern, north-western and north-eastern Transvaal. — 1942