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squawbush

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[skwaw-boosh] / ˈskwɔˌbʊʃ /

noun

  1. a rank-smelling, sprawling shrub, Rhus trilobata malacophylla, of the cashew family, native to California, having spikes of greenish flowers.

Etymology

Origin of squawbush

1825–35, squaw + bush 1, so called from its use by the Indians

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