"honeybush" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: honeybushes [plural]
Etymology: honey + bush; for the South African plant a calque from Afrikaans heuningbos (heuning + bos). Compare English borrowing from Afrikaans rooibos. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|honey|bush}} honey + bush, {{bor|en|af|heuningbos}} Afrikaans heuningbos, {{compound|af|heuning|bos|nocat=1}} heuning + bos, {{bor|en|af|rooibos}} Afrikaans rooibos Head templates: {{en-noun}} honeybush (plural honeybushes)
  1. Any of a group of bushes in the genus Cyclopia whose flowers smell of honey and whose leaves are used to make tea.
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  2. Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
    Cuttsia viburnea (native elderberry), of rainforests in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
    Categories (lifeform): Asterales order plants, Geraniales order plants, Heather family plants, Legumes, Proteales order plants
    Sense id: en-honeybush-en-noun-4zHk2Wa9 Disambiguation of Asterales order plants: 15 44 15 17 8 Disambiguation of Geraniales order plants: 16 43 15 17 9 Disambiguation of Heather family plants: 12 32 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Legumes: 9 34 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Proteales order plants: 10 32 20 20 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 40 13 15 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 53 14 11 8
  3. Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
    Hakea lissocarpha (duck-and-drake-bush), of Western Australia
    Sense id: en-honeybush-en-noun-6mOTfQyR
  4. Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
    Melianthus major (Cape honeyflower), of South Africa and naturalised elsewhere
    Sense id: en-honeybush-en-noun-XvTRwC9E
  5. Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
    Richea scoparia, of Tasmania
    Sense id: en-honeybush-en-noun-XHy7lLTQ

Inflected forms

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