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Meanings of strawberry bush in English

Hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers.

Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas.

Usage of strawberry bush in English
1
So, when you wade into a thorny thicket amid the mosquitoes on a hot, humid day, you don't do it for just any strawberry bush.
Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
2
As a child, I had been given the task of carefully untwisting the vine from the strawberry bushes.
The day the falls stood still
3
"Come along, Elisabeth," said Reinhard, "I know where there is a clump of strawberry bushes; you shan't eat dry bread."
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