cotton-bush

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


name applied to two treescalled Salt-bush (q.v.). (1) Bassia bicornis,Lindl. (2) Kochia aphylla, R. Br., N.O. Salsolaceae. S. Dixon ( apud Maiden, p. 132)thus describes it – – «All kinds of stock are often largely dependent on it duringprotracted droughts, and when neither grass nor hay areobtainable I have known the whole bush chopped up and mixedwith a little corn, when it proved an excellent fodder forhorses.»

1876. W. Harcus, `South Australia,' p. 126:

«This is a fine open, hilly district, watered, well grassed,and with plenty of herbage and cotton-bush.»

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