The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Jewbush — noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties • Syn: ↑Jew bush, ↑Jew bush, ↑redbird cactus, ↑redbird flower, ↑Pedilanthus tithymaloides • Hypernyms: ↑slipper spurge, ↑slipper plant … Useful english dictionary
Pedilanthus tithymaloides — Jewbush Jew bush , n. (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus {Pedilanthus} ({Pedilanthus tithymaloides}), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
redbird cactus — noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties • Syn: ↑Jewbush, ↑Jew bush, ↑Jew bush, ↑redbird flower, ↑Pedilanthus tithymaloides • Hypernyms: ↑slipper spurge, ↑slipper plant … Useful english dictionary
Euphorbia tithymaloides — Christmas Candle, Devil s Backbone, Redbird Cactus, et al. Green leaf var. of Euphorbia tithymaloides Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Jew bush — noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties • Syn: ↑Jewbush, ↑Jew bush, ↑redbird cactus, ↑redbird flower, ↑Pedilanthus tithymaloides • Hypernyms: ↑slipper spurge, ↑slipper plant … Useful english dictionary
Jew-bush — noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties • Syn: ↑Jewbush, ↑Jew bush, ↑redbird cactus, ↑redbird flower, ↑Pedilanthus tithymaloides • Hypernyms: ↑slipper spurge, ↑slipper plant … Useful english dictionary
Pedilanthus tithymaloides — noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties • Syn: ↑Jewbush, ↑Jew bush, ↑Jew bush, ↑redbird cactus, ↑redbird flower • Hypernyms: ↑slipper spurge, ↑slipper plant … Useful english dictionary
redbird flower — noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties • Syn: ↑Jewbush, ↑Jew bush, ↑Jew bush, ↑redbird cactus, ↑Pedilanthus tithymaloides • Hypernyms: ↑slipper spurge, ↑slipper plant … Useful english dictionary
slipper plant — noun any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot shaped bracts • Syn: ↑slipper spurge • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑candelilla, ↑Pedilanthus bracteatus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
slipper spurge — noun any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot shaped bracts • Syn: ↑slipper plant • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑candelilla, ↑Pedilanthus bracteatus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
