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buckbrush

buckbrush

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A low North American shrub with small leaves that deer eat
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌkˌbrʌʃ/
  • US
: arbusto de ciervo
  • Deer often browse on buckbrush in the forests during the winter months.

Examples

  • The buckbrush shrub provides excellent cover for wildlife in grassland areas.

  • But usually, wood ducks, flooded pin oaks, duckweed, and buckbrush all went together like little kids and trick-or-treating.

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  • Buckbrush, for example, with its long pliable runners suitable for weaving, made an excellent basket-making material.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Susan C. Power, in Art of the Cherokee, identifies the replacement: "After removal, Cherokee women began using buckbrush as a basket-making material in Indian Territory, where the traditional rivercane was no longer readily available."

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  • In many regions, buckbrush is a common sight among the underbrush in wooded areas.

Surface Forms

buckbrush singular
buckbrushes plural

Morphology

buckbrush = buck + brush (transparent) = buck + brush

A clear compound of 'buck' + 'brush' referring to shrubbery associated with or eaten by bucks, so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word buckbrush comes from two plain English words: buck ('male deer') and brush ('thick small trees or shrubs'). It names the shrubs that deer eat and hide in, so the origin explains why the word refers to a North American shrub often found in forests and grasslands.