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noun
- (south African) A bush (Aspalanthus linearis) from which rooibos tea is made.
- Antioxidants are hot topics in the health news these days, and an herbal tea called (pronounced ROY-boss) is becoming popular partly because it is being marketed as a healthful beverage with high levels of antioxidants. The plant (Aspalathus linearis (Burm. f.) Dahlgren, Fabaceae) is a South African flowering shrub used to make a mild-tasting tea that has no caffeine, very little tannin, and significant amounts of polyphenol antioxidants.
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