Deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit(noun)
WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
Use "skunkbush" in a sentence
"The shrub and midgrass prairie vegetation includes juniper, sand sagebrush, skunkbush sumac, and yucca, along with sideoats grama and little bluestem."
"Along the escarpments, redberry junipers grow on the rimrock and cliff faces, along with skunkbush sumac, ephedra, mountain mahogany, plum, grape, and clematis."
"Patches of mountain mahogany and skunkbush sumac grow on bluffs and hilltops."