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brittlebush

noun

Etymology

From brittle + bush, from the frangibility of its stems.

  1. derived from *bʰuH-✻ — “to grow”
  2. inherited from *buskaz✻ — “bush, thicket”
  3. inherited from *busk✻
  4. inherited from *busċ✻
  5. inherited from bush
  6. compounded as brittlebush — “brittle + bush”

Definitions

  1. A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.

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