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JEWBUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Jewbush mean?
• JEWBUSH (noun)
The noun JEWBUSH has 1 sense:
1. low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
Familiarity information: JEWBUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Jew-bush; Jew bush; Jewbush; Pedilanthus tithymaloides; redbird cactus; redbird flower
Hypernyms ("Jewbush" is a kind of...):
slipper plant; slipper spurge (any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts)
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