Bus Car Van

[Marjoprydore]

Closing date Dec 31 has to contain bus car or van
1 prickly shrub 8 begins with r or s
2 butterfly 7 begins with u or v
Thank you

[geevo41]

Saltbush
Vanessa

[Marjoprydore]

Thank you I did think that but can find no information that it is prickly.

[geevo41]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=prickly+saltbush&source=hp&ei=0gxiYcD9Ds3lgwfc4bbQAg&;iflsig=ALs-wAMAAAAAYWIa4sXGx_6wRhJ2RSibau_o1o2A6qRr&;ved=0ahUKEwjAroyBpr7zAhXN8uAKHdywDSoQ4dUDCAg&;oq=prickly+saltbush&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAwyBggAEBYQHjoOCC4QxwEQrwEQkQIQkwI6BQgAEJECOgsILhCABBCxAxCDAToOCC4QgAQQsQMQxwEQ0QM6CAgAEIAEELEDOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARCjAjoRCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQowI6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOgsILhDHARCvARCRAjoOCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQrwE6BAgAEEM6CAguEIAEELEDOgcIABCxAxBDOgcILhCxAxBDOgUIABCABDoFCC4QgAQ6CwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOggILhCABBCTAlCgD1jVWWDzbmgAcAB4AIABYIgB2gmSAQIxNpgBAKABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz

[Buenchico]

>>> but can find no information that it is prickly

"Chenopodium spinescens (common names: SPINY saltbush, berry saltbush, THORNY saltbush, creeping saltbush, hedge saltbus)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium_spinescens

[jno]

rosebushes are prickly too.

[bluebell56]

I have gone with Rosebush.

[Buenchico]

^^^ I wasn't sure whether the OED would accept 'rosebush' as a single word (rather than 'rose bush') but a quick look shows that it does. Interestingly though, it only recognises 'salt bush' as two separate words and not as one single one (even though there are plenty of web references using such a form).

[Marjoprydore]

Thank you all, rosebush was another possibility, so really as unsure as before!!!!! I thought rose bush was two words!!!!!

[roopower]

The only way I could find rosebush as one word was a village in Wales.