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bluebush

British

/ ˈbluːˌbʊʃ /

noun

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

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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 • Apr. 25, 2019

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 The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest

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