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brittlebush

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brit·tle·bush  (brtl-bsh)
n.
A shrub (Encelia farinosa) in the composite family, native to Mexico and the southwest United States and having grayish foliage and showy flower heads with yellow rays.
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Noun1.brittlebush - 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
brittle bush, Encelia farinosa, incienso
wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant
Encelia, genus Encelia - genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush


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The building acts as a hinge linking the dam to the hills, covered with black rock and the brilliant yellow flowers of the brittlebush and palo verde; hinging present to past.
Dam good by Lamprecht, Barbara / The Architectural Review
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