horsebrush en · NOUN
Etymology
From horse + brush.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US.
-
(countable, uncountable) A brush used for grooming horses.
One hundred currycombs […] One hundred corn horsebrushes […]
1889, Annual Report of the Military Department, State of Oregon, page 99:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| horsebrushes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
gray horsebrush · longspine horsebrush · littleleaf horsebrush · grey horsebrush · hairy horsebrush · spineless horsebrush · fourpart horsebrush · Nuttall's horsebrush · shortspine horsebrush