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Buchu – Buckwheat Tree

Buchu

a south African name for several species of barosma, especially B. crenata, crenulata, and serratifolia.

They belong to the order rutaceæ, and the section endiosmeæ. They have a powerful and usually offensive odor, and have been recommended as antispasmodics and diuretics.

Buck

a name sometimes distinctively appropriated to the adult male of the fallow deer, the female of which is a doe. The term is often also applied to the male of other species of deer, as of the roebuck, although never to that of the red deer, which, when mature, is a stag or a hart.

Bucket Shop

an office for gambling casionally powdered and eaten. with no delivery of securities or commodities sold or purchased. The operawith no delivery of securities or comin most cities of the United States.

Buckeye

the American horse chestin most cities of the United States. botanists.

Buckhound

a kind of hound similar to, but smaller than, a staghound, once commonly used in Great Britain for hunting bucks. The Master of the Buck Hounds is still the title of an ofonce commonly used in Great Britain for hunting bucks. The Master of the

Buckingham Palace

a royal palace in London, facing St. James' Park, and the principal London residence of the British ruler.

Bucklandia

a magnificent and beautiful evergreen tree of the order hamamelideæ, a native of the Himalayas, and growing growing in the island of Sumatra.

The timber is not valuable.

Bucknell University

a coeducational institution in Lewisburg, Pa.; organized in 1849, under the auspices of the Baptist Church; reported at the end of 1919: Professors and instructors, 39; students, 885; 885; volumes in the library, 40,000; grounds and buildings valued at $853,960; productive funds, $561,075; president, Emory W. Hunt, LL. D. buildings valued at

Buckram

a coarse textile fabric stiffened with glue and used in garments and bookbinding to give them or keep them in the form intended.

Buckshot

a kind of leaden shot larger than swan-shot. About 160 or 170 of them weigh a pound. They are especially designed to be used in hunting large game.

Buckskin

a kind of soft leather, generally yellow or grayish in color, prepared originally by treating deerskins in a particular way, but now in general made from sheepskins. This may be done by oil, or by a second method, in which the skins are grained, brained, and smoked.

Buckwheat Tree

the English name of mylocarpum, a genus of plants belonging g to the order ericaceæ (heathworts). The privet-like buckwheat tree, mylocarpum ligustrinum, is a native of Georgia.