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Definition of 'rooibos'

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Noun

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  • (South Africa) A bush () from which rooibos tea is made.
  • * Antioxidants are hot topics in the health news these days, and an herbal tea called rooibos' (pronounced ROY-boss) is becoming popular partly because it is being marketed as a healthful beverage with high levels of antioxidants. The '''rooibos 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. [http://www.herbalgram.org/herbalgram/articleview.asp?a=2550]
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