noun
- a poisonous shrub of the heath family with white or pink flowers, found in eastern North America
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The staggerbush grows wild in sandy soils throughout the southeastern United States.
- Cattle should be kept away from areas where staggerbush is present.
- The small white flowers of the staggerbush bloom in early summer.
- Park rangers warned hikers about the toxic staggerbush along the trail.
- The staggerbush gets its name from the unsteady gait it causes in animals that eat it.