Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A popular name of one or more species of the plant-genus Pedilanthus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (
Pedilanthus tithymaloides ), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The low-growing tropical American
shrub Euphorbia tithymaloides (formerly Pedilanthus tithymaloides).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
- noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
- noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
Etymologies
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Jew + bush
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