squawbush

[skwaw-boosh]

noun

a rank-smelling, sprawling shrub, Rhus trilobata malacophylla, of the cashew family, native to California, having spikes of greenish flowers.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; squaw + bush¹, so called from its use by the Indians

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squawbush
noun
deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit

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