ash bush, noun phrase

Origin:
Translation of Afrikaans asbos.
asbos.
1860, 1913 [see asbos].
1958 F.G. Butler in R.M. Macnab Poets in S. Afr. 12Ashbushes grew dim in smudges of smoke.
1977 F.G. Butler Karoo Morning 203There, among the ashbushes and the mimosa, I prayed with a passionate earnestness.
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