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quail-brush

American  
[kweyl-bruhsh] / ˈkweɪlˌbrʌʃ /

noun

  1. a salt-tolerant, silvery gray shrub, Atriplex lentiformis breweri, of the amaranth family, native to southern California.

Etymology

Origin of quail-brush

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

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