buchu

plural buchus · alternative boegoe · alternative bucku

1. countableuncountableA South African shrub in the genus Agathosma.

   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 […]

   1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 41

2. South AfricacountableuncountableMedicinal leaves from the shrub that are often used in brandy; this is an old Dutch medicine.

   Like Lucy, they have potatoes and onions to sell, but also bottled jams, preserves, dried fruit, packets of buchu tea, honeybush tea, herbs.

   1999, JM Coetzee, Disgrace, Vintage, published 2000, page 71