HyperDic: chaparral_broom

English > 1 sense of the expression chaparral broom:
NOUNplantchaparral broom, coyote brush, coyote bush, kidney wort, Baccharis pilulariswidely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
English > chaparral broom: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningWidely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle.
Synonymscoyote brush, coyote bush, kidney wort, Baccharis pilularis
Member ofBaccharis, genus Baccharisshrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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