Christmas bush

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Plants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time.
  2. A small tree or shrub that occurs in all Australian states of species Bursaria spinosa.
  3. A New South Wales Christmas bush), a tall shrub from Australia of species Ceratopetalum gummiferum.
  4. A tropical shrub of species Chromolaena odorata, of the sunflower family.
  5. A poisonous shrub of species Comocladia dodonaea, of Caribbean islands.
  6. A New Zealand Christmas bush of species Metrosideros excelsa and Metrosideros kermadecensis)
  7. A Victorian Christmas bush (Prostanthera lasianthos), a shrub of Australia.
  8. A legume from northern South America of species Senna bicapsularis.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Christmas bush Christmas bushes
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