snowbush

American  

[snoh-boosh] / ˈsnoʊˌbʊʃ /

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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Etymology

Origin of snowbush

snow + bush ¹

Example Sentences

After a fire, snowbush, elderberry trees, currant bushes, cottonwoods, willow, and ocean spray regrew with gusto.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2021

Similarly, a plant called snowbush can remain dormant in the soil for centuries until heat from a fire cracks its seed coat, and it blooms profusely.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2012

From the side hill, exposed all the afternoon to the California summer sun, rose tepid odours of bear-clover and snowbush, which exhaled out into space, giving way to the wandering, faint perfumes of night.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward

They were scattered all over the hill, cropping busily at the snowbush, moving ever slowly forward.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward

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

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward