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brittlebush

brittlebush noun: a shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.

brittlebush: a shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa
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Noun

brittlebush (plural brittlebushes)

  1. A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.

Forms of brittlebush

pluralbrittlebushes

Origin of brittlebush

From brittle + bush, from the frangibility of its stems.

Questions about brittlebush

What does brittlebush mean?
Brittlebush means a shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.
What part of speech is brittlebush?
Brittlebush is a noun.
What is the plural of brittlebush?
The plural of brittlebush is brittlebushes.

Words near brittlebush in the dictionary

  1. brittle fracture
  2. brittle fractures
  3. brittle hair syndrome
  4. brittle star
  5. brittle stars
  6. brittlebush
  7. brittlebushes
  8. brittled
  9. brittlegill
  10. brittlegills
  11. brittlely

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