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GUM PLANT

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Meaning:

Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock

Synonyms:

gum plant; gumweed; rosinweed; tarweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gum plant" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gum plant"):

Grindelia robusta (perennial gumweed of California and Baja California)

curlycup gumweed; Grindelia squarrosa (perennial gumweed of western and central North America)

Holonyms ("gum plant" is a member of...):

genus Grindelia; Grindelia (large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America)

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