brittlebush

brittlebush
brittlebush rittlebush 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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