staggerbush

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A deciduous shrub (Lyonia mariana) in the heath family, native to the eastern United States, having poisonous foliage and white or pink flowers clustered in racemes.

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The shrub Andromeda (Pieris) Mariana of the middle and southern United States, whose leaves have been supposed to give the staggers to animals.

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An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves.

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Any of the genus Lyonia of ericaceous flowering plants.

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deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock

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deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock