stag|ger|bush

stag|ger|bush
stag|ger|bush «STAG uhr BUSH», noun.
a shrub of the heath family with white or pink flowers, growing in the eastern United States. Its foliage is poisonous to stock, and was supposed to cause staggers in animals that ate it.

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