snowbush

[ snoh-boosh ]

noun
  1. any of several ornamental shrubs having a profusion of white flowers, as Ceanothus cordulatus, of the buckthorn family, native to western North America.

  2. a shrub, Breynia disticha, of the spurge family, native to the South Sea Islands, having white, speckled leaves, inconspicuous, greenish flowers, and red fruit.

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How to use snowbush in a sentence

  • At their feet clutched snowbush, ground juniper, the gnarled fingers of manzañita, like devotees.

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