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brittlebush

brittlebush \brittlebush\ n. 1. fragrant rounded shrub of SW US and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine.

Syn: brittle bush, incienso, Encelia farinosa.

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brittlebush

n. The desert shrub ''Encelia farinosa''.

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brittlebush

n. fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine [syn: brittle bush, incienso, Encelia farinosa]

Usage examples of "brittlebush".

In desperation Cugel tore up branches of brittlebush, whose wood made excellent torches.

Cugel left his branches of brittlebush and his burning torch on the dirt floor and went to gather more fuel.