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Definition of Stagger bush
1. Noun. Deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock.
Group relationships: Genus Lyonia, Lyonia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stagger Bush
Literary usage of Stagger bush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1899)
"On October first, while collecting near Hempstead, Long Island, I found the
stagger bush (Pieris Mariana] in full bloom. It is a common shrub along the ..."
2. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"summer, but is scarcely interesting enough to deserve attention while so many
other more beautiful flowers are in our midst. flj Stagger-bush. stagger-bush. ..."
3. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"... one finds the stagger-bush in bloom from May to July. On the dry plains of
Long Island, where it is common indeed, it appears a not unworthy relative of ..."
4. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1900)
"... one finds the stagger-bush in bloom from May to July. On the dry plains of
Long Island, where it is common indeed, it appears a not unworthy relative of ..."
5. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1900)
"In sandy soil from southern New England to Florida, rarely far inland, one finds
the stagger-bush in bloom from May to July. ..."
6. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons (1895)
"STAGGER-BUSH. Andromeda Mariana. Heath Family. Two to four feet high. Leaves.
... The nodding flowers of the stagger-bush appear in early summer. ..."
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