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Definition of rooibos noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rooibos

noun
 
/ˈrɔɪbɒs/
 
/ˈrɔɪbɔːs/
 
South African English [ˈrɔɪbɔs]
[uncountable] (South African English)
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  1. a type of bush grown in South Africa whose leaves are dried and used to make tea
    • rooibos tea
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Afrikaans, literally ‘red bush’.
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