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sicklebush en · NOUN

Etymology

From sickle + bush.

Meanings

1. A thorny tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, native to Africa, India, and Australia, and introduced in other tropical regions.
   • A plum-colored starling whistled from the branches of a flowering baobab, and masked weavers wove nests among the fluffy lavender and yellow lantern flowers in the sicklebush. 2001, Catherine Stock, Gugu’s House, New York, N.Y.: Clarion Books, →ISBN, page 29:

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