Christmas bush

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Noun

Christmas bush (plural Christmas bushes)

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

See also

• Christmas berry
• Christmas cactus
• Christmas tree