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MINNIEBUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minniebush mean? 

MINNIEBUSH (noun)
  The noun MINNIEBUSH has 1 sense:

1. low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigsplay

  Familiarity information: MINNIEBUSH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MINNIEBUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Menziesia pilosa; minnie bush; minniebush

Hypernyms ("minniebush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("minniebush" is a member of...):

genus Menziesia; Menziesia (deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia)


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