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brittlebush

[ brit-l-boosh ]

noun

  1. any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of brittlebush1

1905–10, Americanism; brittle + bush 1, so called from the texture of its leaves

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