bluebush

/ ˈbluːˌbʊʃ /

noun

1. any of various blue-grey herbaceous Australian shrubs of the genus Maireana

Example Sentences

As we drove, the landscape transformed from managed green agricultural hills to a dry shrub land dotted with bluebush; the horizon evaporated into distant salt lakes.

From New York Times

The long delay exhausted the supply of rations, but by means of game, horse-flesh, and the usual bush vegetable, "bluebush and pig-weed," the party fared sufficiently well.

From Project Gutenberg