squawbush

[ skwaw-boosh ]
/ ˈskwɔˌbʊʃ /

noun

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

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Origin of squawbush

1825–35, Americanism;squaw + bush1, so called from its use by the Indians

Words nearby squawbush

squat thrust, squattocracy, squatty, Squauwmish, squaw, squawbush, squawfish, squaw huckleberry, squawk, squawk box, squawky
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