quinine bush

noun

Alstonia constricta, an Australian endemic plant in the family Apocynaceae.

Meanings

nounquinine bush (plural quinine bushes)

plural quinine bushes

  1. Alstonia constricta, an Australian endemic plant in the family Apocynaceae.
  2. Garrya wrightii, a plant native to Mexico and the United States, in the family Garryaceae.
  3. Petalostigma pubescens, a rainforest tree native to Papua New Guinea and Australia, in the family Picrodendraceae.
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