BROOMWEED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers

Synonyms:

broom-weed; broomweed; Gutierrezia texana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("broomweed" is a kind of...):

matchbush; matchweed (any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches)

Holonyms ("broomweed" is a member of...):

genus Gutierrezia; Gutierrezia (sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America)

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