NOUN | plant | Chrysothamnus nauseosus, rabbit brush, rabbit bush | pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits |
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Meaning | pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo. | |
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Synonyms | rabbit brush, rabbit bush | |
Member of | Chrysothamnus, genus Chrysothamnus | genus of low branching shrubs of western North America |
Broader | goldenbush | Any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus |
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