COYOTE BUSH

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Meaning:

Widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle

Synonyms:

Baccharis pilularis; chaparral broom; coyote brush; coyote bush; kidney wort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("coyote bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("coyote bush" is a member of...):

Baccharis; genus Baccharis (shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control)

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