honeybush

== English == === Etymology === From honey +‎ bush; for the South African plant a calque from Afrikaans heuningbos (heuning +‎ bos). Compare English borrowing from Afrikaans rooibos. === Noun === honeybush (plural honeybushes) Any of a group of bushes in the genus Cyclopia whose flowers smell of honey and whose leaves are used to make tea. Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species: Cuttsia viburnea (native elderberry), of rainforests in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. Hakea lissocarpha (duck-and-drake-bush), of Western Australia Melianthus major (Cape honeyflower), of South Africa and naturalised elsewhere Richea scoparia, of Tasmania