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Christmas bush en · NOUN

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1. Plants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time. ▸ A small tree or shrub that occurs in all Australian states of species Bursaria spinosa.
2. Plants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time. ▸ A New South Wales Christmas bush), a tall shrub from Australia of species Ceratopetalum gummiferum.
3. Plants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time. ▸ A tropical shrub of species Chromolaena odorata, of the sunflower family.
4. Plants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time. ▸ A poisonous shrub of species Comocladia dodonaea, of Caribbean islands.
5. Plants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time. ▸ A New Zealand Christmas bush of species Metrosideros excelsa and Metrosideros kermadecensis)
6. Plants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time. ▸ A Victorian Christmas bush (Prostanthera lasianthos), a shrub of Australia.
7. Plants, of mostly unrelated species, that bloom around Christmas time. ▸ A legume from northern South America of species Senna bicapsularis.

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Christmas berry · Christmas cactus · Christmas tree