Jew-bush

Definitions of Jew-bush
  1. noun
    low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
    synonyms: Jew bush, Jewbush, Pedilanthus tithymaloides, redbird cactus, redbird flower
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    type of:
    slipper plant, slipper spurge
    any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts
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