Christmas bush

noun8

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