snowbrush
noun
snow·brush
ˈsnō-ˌbrəsh 
: a spreading white-flowered western North American shrub (Ceanothus velutinus) of the buckthorn family
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Four years after logging, the wasteland portrayed in the photo was thick with manzanita bushes, raspberries, snowbrush, bracken fern, and native blackberries.
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Warren Cornwall, Science | AAAS, 5 Oct. 2017
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Warren Cornwall, Science | AAAS, 5 Oct. 2017
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“Snowbrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowbrush. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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