brittlebush

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

brittlebush
    n 1: fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and
         adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded
         blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used
         in incense and varnish and in folk medicine [syn:
         {brittlebush}, {brittle bush}, {incienso}, {Encelia
         farinosa}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brittlebush \brittlebush\ n.
   1. fragrant rounded shrub of SW US and adjacent Mexico having
      brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and
      yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and
      varnish and in folk medicine.

   Syn: brittle bush, incienso, Encelia farinosa.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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