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Definition of Quail bush
1. Noun. Spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quail Bush
Literary usage of Quail bush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... of which there are some 20 species in various parts of the Old World, some of
which are termed bustard-quail, bush-quail, ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... found in the tropical and sub-tropical portions of the Old World. It is also
called bustard quail, bush-quail, orty- gan, ..."
3. California Desert Trails by Joseph Smeaton Chase (1919)
"Quail-bush. A large gray bush very common on silt or alkaline soil, up to 15 feet
high, and usually of smooth, dome-shaped outline. Flowers inconspicuous. ..."
4. California Desert Trails by Joseph Smeaton Chase (1919)
"Quail-bush. A large gray bush very common on silt or alkaline soil, up to 15 feet
high, and usually of smooth, dome-shaped outline. Flowers inconspicuous. ..."
5. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"... found in the tropical and sub-tropical portions of the Old World. It is also
called bustard quail, bush-quail, orty- gah, ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the ...by Scientific American, inc by Scientific American, inc (1903)
"... of which there are some 20 species in various parts of the Old World, some of
which are termed bustard-quail, bush-quail, ..."
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