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sicklebush

sicklebush noun: a thorny tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, native to Africa, India, and Australia, and introduced in other tropical regions.

sicklebush: a thorny tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, native to Africa, India, and Australia, and introduced in...
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Noun

sicklebush (plural sicklebushes)

  1. A thorny tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, native to Africa, India, and Australia, and introduced in other tropical regions.
    • A plum-colored starling whistled from the branches of a flowering baobab, and masked weavers wove nests among the fluffy lavender and yellow lantern flowers in the sicklebush.2001, Catherine Stock, Gugu’s House, New York, N.Y.: Clarion Books, →ISBN, page 29

Forms of sicklebush

pluralsicklebushes

Origin of sicklebush

From sickle + bush.

Questions about sicklebush

What does sicklebush mean?
Sicklebush means a thorny tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, native to Africa, India, and Australia, and introduced in other tropical regions.
What part of speech is sicklebush?
Sicklebush is a noun.
What is the plural of sicklebush?
The plural of sicklebush is sicklebushes.

Words near sicklebush in the dictionary

  1. sickle-cell disease
  2. sicklebill
  3. sicklebills
  4. sicklebird
  5. sicklebirds
  6. sicklebush
  7. sicklebushes
  8. sickled
  9. sicklefin lemon shark
  10. sicklefin lemon sharks
  11. sicklelike

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