Definitions for buchu

buchu bu·chu

Spelling: [boo-koo, byoo-kyoo]
IPA: /ˈbu ku, ˈbyu kyu/

Buchu is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in buchu (bchuu).

Definitions for buchu

noun

  1. any of several southern African citrus shrubs of the genus Agathosma or the genus Diosma, especially A. betulina, A. crenulata, or D. ericoides, whose leaves yield a dark-colored oil formerly used as a urinary antiseptic and mild diuretic.

Origin of buchu

1725-35; Afrikaans (now spelling boegoe) Khoikhoi, first attested as boggoa (1668)

Examples for buchu

A bitter extractive matter, obtained by Brande from buchu leaves.

The British Pharmacopoeia contains an infusion and tincture of buchu.

Outa will tell the baasjes about them another night, but now he must go quick—quick and let Lys rub his back with buchu.

I certainly obtained better results with buchu and bearberry (Arctostaphylos).

It should be given in conjunction with the infusions of uva ursi, Pareira brava, or buchu.

Columbian spirits, caramel, cinnamon and cardamom, and a touch of the buchu.

Therefore, my baasjes, Outa cooks bossies from the veld to rub on—buchu and kookamakranka and karroo bossies.

The leaves of a closely allied plant, Empleurum serratulum, are employed as a substitute or adulterant for buchu.

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