brittlebush

[ brit-l-boo sh ]
/ ˈbrɪt lˌbʊʃ /

noun

any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.

Origin of brittlebush

1905–10, Americanism; brittle + bush1, so called from the texture of its leaves

Words nearby brittlebush

brittle bones, brittle diabetes, brittle fern, brittle star, brittle-star, brittlebush, brittleness, britton, brittonic, britzka, brix scale