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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A brush used for grooming horses. countable, uncountable

   "One hundred currycombs […] One hundred corn horsebrushes […]"

Example

More examples

"One hundred currycombs […] One hundred corn horsebrushes […]"

Etymology

From horse + brush.

Related phrases

Nuttall's horsebrushfourpart horsebrushgray horsebrushgrey horsebrushhairy horsebrushlittleleaf horsebrushlongspine horsebrushshortspine horsebrushspineless horsebrushflowering plant

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