sicklebush

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noun

A thorny tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, native to Africa, India, and Australia, and introduced in other tropical regions.

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Meanings

nounsicklebush (plural sicklebushes)

plural sicklebushes

  1. A thorny tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, native to Africa, India, and Australia, and introduced in other tropical regions.

    A plum-colored starling whistled from the branches of a flowering baobab, and masked weavers wove nests among the fluffy lavender and yellow lantern flowers in the sicklebush.

    2001, Catherine Stock, Gugu’s House, New York, N.Y.: Clarion Books, →ISBN, page 29

Origin

From sickle + bush.

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APA

sicklebush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sicklebush

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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