SQUAWBUSH


Meaning of SQUAWBUSH in English

/skwaw"boosh'/ , n.

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

[ 1825-35, Amer.; SQUAW + BUSH 1 , so called from its use by the Indians ]

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