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noun

Poison bush n. In Australia:

(a)

Any fabaceous shrub of the genus Gastrolobium, the herbage of which is poisonous to stock; also, any species of several related genera, as Oxylobium, Gompholobium, etc.

(b)

The plant Myoporum deserti, often distinguished as Ellangowan poison bush or dogwood poison bush.

(c)

The ulmaceous plant Trema cannabina, which, though not poisonous, is injurious to stock because of its large amount of fiber.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Poison bush" Quotes from Famous Books

... put down was sunk in a rather large flat between the sandhills. The whole country is covered with spinifex in every direction, and this, together with the poisonous bushes and a few blood-wood-trees, forms the only vegetation. The pendulous fringe instead of leaves on the poison bush gives it a strange and weird appearance, and to us it always presents the hideous, and terrible ...

— Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration • Ernest Giles

Words linked to "Poison bush" : genus Swainsona, gastrolobium, smooth darling pea, bush, suffrutex, Swainsona grandiflora, shrub, hairy darling pea, genus Gastrolobium, Swainsona galegifolia, poison pea, Swainsona