mosquito bush
noun
Any of several West Indian shrubs or herbs used (by hanging or burning) to repel mosquitoes and to treat fevers; (now) especially Ocimum micranthum and O. gratissimum (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)) and Senna pallida (family Caesalpiniaceae (Leguminosae)).
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Griffith Hughes (1707–1750).
- suprarenin
- suprasaturate
- suprascapula
- suprascapular
- suprascript
- suprasegmental
- suprasegmentally
- suprasellar
- suprasensible
- suprasensitive
- suprasensitivity
- suprasensual
- suprasensuous
- supra-sentential
- supraspecies
- supraspecific
- supraspective
- supraspinatus
- supraspinous
- suprasterol
- suprasubtle
- coprophagia
- coprophagic
- coprophagous
- coprophagy