Juba's-brush

noun

variants or Juba's-bush

ˈjübəz¦⸗

plural Juba's-brushes or Juba's-bushes

: an annual weed (Iresine paniculata) of the central U.S. and tropical America

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from Juba's, genitive case of a name Juba

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