Buchu Definition

bo͝oko͝o, byo͝okyo͝o
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.
American Heritage Medicine

A South African shrub in the genus Agathosma.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Buchu

Noun

Singular:
buchu
Plural:
buchus

Origin of Buchu

  • Afrikaans boegoe probably from Zulu bucu perhaps ultimately of Khoikhoi origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Khoe buku.

    From Wiktionary

Buchu Sentence Examples

  • Buchu leaves contain a volatile oil, which is of a dark yellow colour, and deposits a form of camphor on exposure to air, a liquid hydro-carbon being the solvent of the camphor within the oil-glands.

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

  • The British Pharmacopoeia contains an infusion and tincture of buchu.

  • Until the advent of the modern synthetic products buchu was valued in diseases of the urinary tract, but its use is now practically obsolete.

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Words Starting With

BBUBUC

Words Ending With

UHUCHU

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