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SQUAWBUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does squawbush mean?
• SQUAWBUSH (noun)
The noun SQUAWBUSH has 1 sense:
1. deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit
Familiarity information: SQUAWBUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("squawbush" 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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