jewbush

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jewbush has 1 sense

jewbush(n = noun.plant) jew bush, jew-bush, pedilanthus tithymaloides, redbird cactus, redbird flower - low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties;

is a kind of slipper plant, slipper spurge

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CIDE DICTIONARY

jewbush, n.

A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (Pedilanthus tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities. [1913 Webster]