squaw-bush

squaw-bush
noun
deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit
Syn: ↑squawbush, ↑skunkbush, ↑Rhus trilobata
Hypernyms: ↑sumac, ↑sumach, ↑shumac

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