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Christmas
n. and adj. As Christmas falls in Australasia at Midsummer, it has different characteristics from t...
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bush
I. n. Not originally an Australianapplication. «Recent, and probably a direct adoption of theDutch...
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christmas-tree
n. In Australia, it is the sameas Christmas-bush (q.v.). In New Zealand, it is Metrosideros tomento...
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blue-bush
n. an Australian forage plant,a kind of Salt-bush, Kochia pyrainidata, Benth, N.O. Chenopodiaceae. ...
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bush-faller
n. one who cuts down timber in thebush. 1882. `Pall Mall Gazette,' June 29, p. 2, col. 1: «A brok...
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bush-fire
n. forests and grass on fire in hotsummers. 1868. C. Dilke, `Greater Britain,' vol. ii. part iii. ...
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bush-lawyer
n. 1) A Bramble.See Lawyer. 2) Name often used for a layman who fancies he knows all aboutthe law ...
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bush-magpie
n. an Australian bird, morecommonly called a Magpie (q.v.). 1888. Cassell's `Picturesque Australas...
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bush-ranging
n. the practice of the Bushranger (q.v.). 1827. `Captain Robinson's Report,' Dec. 23 «It was a su...
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bush-scrubber
n. a bushman's word for a boor,bumpkin, or slatternly person. See Scrubber. 1896. Modern. Up-count...
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bush-telegraph
n. Confederates of bushrangerswho supply them with secret information of the movements of thepolice...
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bush-wren
n. See wren. 1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 108: [A full description.] ...
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cattle-bush
n. a tree, Atalayahemiglauca, F. v. M., N.O. Sapindacea.It is found in South Australia, New South W...
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coffee-bush
n. a settlers' name for the NewZealand tree the Karamu (q.v.). Sometimes called also Coffee-plant. ...
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cotton-bush
n. name applied to two treescalled Salt-bush (q.v.). (1) Bassia bicornis,Lindl. (2) Kochia aphylla,...
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emu-bush
n. an Australian shrub, Eremophilalongifolia, F. v. M., N.O. Myoporineae. 1875. T. Laslett, `Timbe...
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flax-bush
n. the bush of the New ZealandFlax. 1854. W. Golder, `Pigeons' Parliament,' Intro. p. v: «I had ....
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hemp-bush
n. the plant Plagianthuspulchellus, A. Gray, N.O. Halvaceae, native of Australiaand New Zealand. Th...
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hop-bush
n. «the name for all species of Dodonaea» (Maiden, p. 417), N.O. Sapindaceae. 1883. F. M. Bailey, ...
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milk-bush
n. a tall Queensland shrub, Wrightia saligna, F. v. M., N.O. Apocyneae;it is said to be most valuab...
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needle-bush
n. name applied to two Australiantrees, Hakea leucoptera, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae;called also Pin-b...
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poison-bush
n. name given to a genus of poisonous Australian shrubs, Gastrolobium (q.v.). Out of the thirty-th...
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saloop-bush
n. name given to an erectsoft-stemmed bush, Rhagodia hastata, R. Br., N.O. Salsolaceae, one of the ...
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salt-bush
n. and adj. the wild alkalineherb or shrub, growing on the interior plains of Australia,on which ho...
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sandfly-bush
n. Australian namefor the indigenous tree Zieria smithii, Andr., N.O. Rutaceae. Called also Turmeric...
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umbrella-bush
Acacia osswaldi, F. v. M., N.O. Leguminosae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 363: «...
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wallaby-bush
n. a tall shrub or tree, Beyeria viscosa, Miq., N.O. Euphorbiaceae.Same as the Pinkwood of Tasmania...
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button bush
(Cephalanthus occidentalis.) A shrub which grows along the water side, its insulated thickets furnis...
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fever bush
(Laurus benzoin.) An aromatic shrub with a flavor resembling Benzoin.--Bigelow's Flora Bostoniensis....
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ellangowan poison-bush
n. a Queensland namefor Myoporum deserti, Cunn., N.O. Myoporinae,;called «Dogwood Poison-bush» in N...
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old-man salt-bush
Atriplex nummularium,Lindl. See Salt-Bush. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 118: «On...
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