brittlebush
brittlebush · brittlebushes
A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosaA shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.
Meaning
1 sensesA shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.
More definitions
- fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
Origin
From brittle + bush, from the frangibility of its stems.From brittle + bush, from the frangibility of its stems.
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Forms
plural: brittlebushes| Singular | brittlebush |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine:brittle bushinciensoEncelia farinosa