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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