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horsebrush

horsebrush noun: any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US.

horsebrush: any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North...
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Noun

horsebrush (countable and uncountable, plural horsebrushes)

  1. Any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US.
  2. A brush used for grooming horses.
    • One hundred currycombs […] One hundred corn horsebrushes […]1889, Annual Report of the Military Department, State of Oregon, page 99

Forms of horsebrush

pluralhorsebrushes

Origin of horsebrush

From horse + brush.

Words formed from horsebrush

  • fourpart horsebrush
  • gray horsebrush
  • grey horsebrush
  • hairy horsebrush
  • littleleaf horsebrush
  • longspine horsebrush
  • Nuttall's horsebrush
  • shortspine horsebrush
  • spineless horsebrush

Questions about horsebrush

What does horsebrush mean?
Horsebrush means any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US.
What part of speech is horsebrush?
Horsebrush is a noun.
What is the plural of horsebrush?
The plural of horsebrush is horsebrushes.

Words near horsebrush in the dictionary

  1. horsebreakings
  2. horsebreeder
  3. horsebreeders
  4. horsebreeding
  5. Horsebridge
  6. horsebrush
  7. horsebrushes
  8. horseburger
  9. horseburgers
  10. horsecar
  11. horsecars

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