horsebrush

English

Horsebrush

Etymology

horse + brush

Noun

horsebrush (countable and uncountable, plural horsebrushes)

  1. Any of various flowering plants in the genus Tetradymia, native to mountainous western North America, especially the US.
  2. A brush used for grooming horses.
    • 1889, Annual Report of the Military Department, State of Oregon, page 99:
      One hundred currycombs [] One hundred corn horsebrushes []

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