boneseed

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#1·6h ago

(NZ) An upright shrub in the sunflower family (, syn. ), native to South Africa but is an invasive pest in Australia and New Zealand.

Origin: From , either directly as a description of the hard surface of the seeds, or indirectly as a calque of the name of its genus, , from +. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·6h ago

(AU) (the subspecies being known there as bitou bush).

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