sicklebush
nounEtymology From sickle + bush.
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A thorny tree, Dichrostachys cinerea, native to Africa, India, and Australia, and introduced in other tropical regions.
- A plum-colored starling whistled from the branches of a flowering baobab, and masked weavers wove nests among the fluffy lavender and yellow lantern flowers in the sicklebush.2001, Catherine Stock, Gugu’s House, New York, N.Y.: Clarion Books, →ISBN, page 29: