staggerbush

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A deciduous shrub (Lyonia mariana) of the eastern United States, having poisonous foliage and white or pink flowers clustered in racemes.

staggerbush [ˈstægəˌbʊʃ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock

[so named because it was believed to cause staggers in sheep]

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staggerbush - deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock

Lyonia mariana, stagger bush

genus Lyonia, Lyonia - evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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