staggerbush Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock
    stagger bush; Lyonia mariana.

WordNet


Stag"ger*bush` noun
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913