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bitterbrush

noun

Etymology

From bitter + brush.

  1. derived from *bʰrusgo-✻
  2. derived from *bruskaz✻ — “tuft, thicket, underbrush”
  3. derived from *bruscia✻
  4. derived from *burstiz✻ — “bristle”
  5. derived from *bursti✻
  6. derived from *brustia✻
  7. derived from broisse
  8. inherited from brusshe
  9. compounded as bitterbrush — “bitter + brush”

Definitions

  1. Any member of the genus Purshia of flowering shrubs, native to western North America.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA