单词 | squawbush |
释义 | > as lemmassquawbush squawbush n. any of various shrubs; esp. highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum, and skunkbush, Rhus trilobata. ΚΠ 1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 125 Indian Tobacco, called by the Natives ‘Squaw-bush’, is a perennial herb, or shrub; the bark of which they scrape off, mix with their tobacco, and smoke it. 1852 Deseret News (Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory) 4 Sept. Squaw-bush..grows in great abundance in these valleys;..we will pay a reasonable price for a large amount of it. 1884 St. Louis Med. Jrnl. 9 479 Viburnum Opulus..is commonly known by the names of ‘high cranberry’, ‘cramp bark’, ‘squaw bush’. 1935 C. Woods Buckaroo Clan Montana xxi. 192 He left his horse hidden in a bunch of squaw-bushes. 1997 Fieldiana: Anthropol. 28 5/1 Squawbush (Rhus trilobata) was the preferred material for making all kinds of baskets and trays. 2001 R. Adkison Utah's National Parks 67/2 In autumn these hills are brilliantly colored with the golds of oaks and the reds of squawbush. < as lemmas |
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