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Christmas bush
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Pronunciation
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Noun
Plants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time.
A small tree or shrub that occurs in all Australian states of species Bursaria spinosa species.
A New South Wales Christmas bush), a tall shrub from Australia of species Ceratopetalum gummiferum species.
A tropical shrub of species Chromolaena odorata species, of the sunflower family.
A poisonous shrub of species Comocladia dodonaea species, of Caribbean islands.
A New Zealand Christmas bush of species Metrosideros excelsa species and Metrosideros kermadecensis species)
A Victorian Christmas bush (Prostanthera lasianthos species), a shrub of Australia.
A legume from northern South America of species Senna bicapsularis species.
See also
Christmas berry
Christmas cactus
Christmas tree
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