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buchu

/boo-koo, byoo-kyoo/US // ˈbu ku, ˈbyu kyu //UK // (ˈbuːkuː) //

布赫,卜昌

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several southern African citrus shrubs of the genus Agathosma or the genus Diosma, especially A. betulina, A. crenulata, or D. ericoides, whose leaves yield a dark-colored oil formerly used as a urinary antiseptic and mild diuretic.

Examples

  • Therefore, my baasjes, Outa cooks bossies from the veld to rub on—buchu and kookamakranka and karroo bossies.

  • Outa will tell the baasjes about them another night, but now he must go quick—quick and let Lys rub his back with buchu.

  • Columbian spirits, caramel, cinnamon and cardamom, and a touch of the buchu.

  • A bitter extractive matter, obtained by Brande from buchu leaves.

  • The British Pharmacopoeia contains an infusion and tincture of buchu.