horsebrush

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noun

Any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US.

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Meanings

nounhorsebrush (countable and uncountable, plural horsebrushes)

plural horsebrushes

  1. countableuncountableAny of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US.
  2. countableuncountableA brush used for grooming horses.

    One hundred currycombs […] One hundred corn horsebrushes […]

    1889, Annual Report of the Military Department, State of Oregon, page 99

Origin

From horse + brush.

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“horsebrush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsebrush. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horsebrush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsebrush.

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