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SQUAW-BUSH

Dictionary entry overview: What does squaw-bush mean?

• SQUAW-BUSH (noun)
The noun SQUAW-BUSH has 1 sense:

1. deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit

Familiarity information: SQUAW-BUSH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SQUAW-BUSH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Rhus trilobata; skunkbush; squaw-bush; squawbush

Hypernyms ("squaw-bush" is a kind of...):

shumac; sumac; sumach (a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus))

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