English > Baccharis: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | 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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Synonym | genus Baccharis |
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Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
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Members | coyote brush, coyote bush, chaparral broom, kidney wort, Baccharis pilularis | Widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle |
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groundsel tree, groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, Baccharis halimifolia | A shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies |
mule fat, Baccharis viminea | California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | baccharis, genus baccharis |
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Catalan | baccharis, Baccharis, genus baccharis |
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