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smoke bush

/smoʊk bʊʃ/
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Other forms: smoke bushes

Definitions of smoke bush
  1. noun
    any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers
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    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  2. noun
    any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus
    synonyms: smoke tree
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    types:
    American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus, chittamwood
    shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
    Cotinus coggygria, Venetian sumac, wig tree
    Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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