| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| buchu |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bu·chu |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b  k, byky |
| NOUN: | Any of various southern African shrubs of the genus Agathosma, especially A. betulina and A. crenulata, whose leaves are used as a mild diuretic and also yield an aromatic oil used for flavoring. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Afrikaans boegoe, probably from Zulu bucu, perhaps ultimately of Khoikhoin origin.
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