ROOIBOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rooibos mean? 

• ROOIBOS (noun)
  The noun ROOIBOS has 1 sense:

1. South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea

  Familiarity information: ROOIBOS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROOIBOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aspalathus cedcarbergensis; Aspalathus linearis; rooibos

Hypernyms ("rooibos" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("rooibos" is a member of...):

Aspalathus; genus Aspalathus (genus of South African heathlike shrubs)