brittlebush

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noun

A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.

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brittle bushinciensoEncelia farinosa
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Meanings

nounbrittlebush (plural brittlebushes)

plural brittlebushes

  1. A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfragrant 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

Similar
brittle bushinciensoEncelia farinosa
Broader
wildflowerwild flower
Also see
incienso

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From brittle + bush, from the frangibility of its stems.

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APA

brittlebush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brittlebush

MLA

“brittlebush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brittlebush. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brittlebush,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brittlebush.

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