fetterbush

[ fet-er-boosh ]

noun
  1. an evergreen shrub, Lyonia lucida, of the heath family, native to the southern U.S., having clusters of fragrant, white flowers.

  2. a similar shrub, Pieris floribunda, having long upright clusters of small white flowers.

  1. any of several heathlike shrubs of the southern U.S.

Origin of fetterbush

1
1855–60, Americanism;fetter + bush1; so called because it impedes walkers

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