redbird cactus

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   low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties

   SynonymsJewbushJew-bushJew bushredbird flowerPedilanthus tithymaloides

   Broaderslipper spurge

Questions about redbird cactus

What does redbird cactus mean?

redbird cactus means "low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties".

What is another word for redbird cactus?

Close synonyms include Jewbush, Jew-bush, Jew bush, redbird flower, Pedilanthus tithymaloides. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is redbird cactus a common word?

redbird cactus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.