honeybush

Noun

honeybush (plural honeybushes)

1. (South Africa) Any of a group of bushes in the genus Cyclopia whose flowers smell of honey and whose leaves are used to make an herbal tea.
   • The Fynbos Vinegar, named for vegetation typical of the Cape region, is seasoned with honeybush tea, rose geranium, wild olive, grape must and buchu, a local bush.2009 September 9, Florence Fabricant, “2 Tasty Vinegars From South Africa”, in New York Times

   Synonyms:

   honeybush tea

2. Cuttsia viburnea (native elderberry), of rainforests in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
3. Hakea lissocarpha (duck-and-drake-bush), of Western Australia
4. Melianthus major (Cape honeyflower), of South Africa and naturalised elsewhere
5. Richea scoparia, of Tasmania