A shrub or bush plant that produces arrow-like stems or leaves, or whose stems were traditionally used to make arrows.
Compound word from arrow + bush. This vernacular plant name combines the appearance or use (arrow-like features) with the growth form (bushy plant), following English naming conventions for flora.
Arrowbush was valuable to Indigenous peoples and early colonists because the straight stems could be fashioned into arrows—useful plants got names that told you what they were good for.
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