squawbush

[ skwaw-boo sh ]
/ ˈskwɔˌbʊʃ /

noun

a rank-smelling, sprawling shrub, Rhus trilobata malacophylla, of the cashew family, native to California, having spikes of greenish flowers.

Origin of squawbush

1825–35, Americanism; squaw + bush1, so called from its use by the Indians

Words nearby squawbush

squatty, squauwmish, squaw, squaw huckleberry, squaw man, squawbush, squawfish, squawk, squawk box, squawky, squawroot