Staggerbush

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Staggerbush \Stag"ger*bush`\ (-b[.u]sh`), n. (Bot.)
     An American shrub ({Andromeda Mariana}) having clusters of
     nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is
     said to poison lambs and calves. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  staggerbush
       n : deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United
           States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to
           stock [syn: {stagger bush}, {Lyonia mariana}]