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ˈgodbush
(Also gad-.)
A Jamaican name for several plants of the mistletoe family, Loranthaceæ.
1851P. H. Gosse Nat. Sojourn Jamaica 131 But what interests me most in this place is a flourishing Misseltoe, or God-bush, as the negroes call it. 1864A. H. F. Grisebach Flora of Brit. West Indian Islands 784/1 Gad-bush: Arcenthobium gracile. 1914Fawcett & Rendle Flora Jamaica III. 88 The members of this family [sc. Loranthaceæ] are generally known by the popular names, Godbush and Mistletoe. 1961F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk xvi. 380 There is god-bush too, the mistletoe. |