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Noun: poison bush  poy-zun bûsh
  1. Any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods
    - poison pea, gastrolobium
     
  2. Either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
    - darling pea

Derived forms: poison bushes

Type of: bush, shrub, subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: genus Gastrolobium, genus Swainsona, Swainsona