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SKUNKBUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skunkbush mean? 

SKUNKBUSH (noun)
  The noun SKUNKBUSH has 1 sense:

1. deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruitplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SKUNKBUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Rhus trilobata; skunkbush; squaw-bush; squawbush

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

shumac; sumac; sumach (a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus))


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