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nitre bushes

nitre bushes is the plural of nitre bush.

Meaning of nitre bush

Noun

nitre bush (countable and uncountable, plural nitre bushes)

  1. Any flowering plant of the genus Nitraria, family Nitrariaceae, native to Africa, Europe, Asia, Russia and Australia.
    • These habitats were most evident on the Iberian Peninsula where, by 15 million years ago, members of the thorn-rose genus (Neurada), esparto grass, honey mesquite and nitre bush (Nitraria) flourished in arid shrublands.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97

Questions about nitre bushes

What is nitre bushes the plural of?
Nitre bushes is the plural of nitre bush.

Words near nitre bushes in the dictionary

  1. nitrazepam
  2. nitrazepate
  3. nitrazine
  4. nitre
  5. nitre bush
  6. nitre bushes
  7. nitre goosefoot
  8. nitre of potash
  9. nitrefazole
  10. nitrendipine
  11. nitrene

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