encelia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Encelia*:
NOUN	plant	Encelia, genus Encelia	genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico

English > *Encelia*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush.
Synonym	genus Encelia
Member of	Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family	plants with heads composed of many florets
Members	brittlebush, brittle bush, incienso, Encelia farinosa	fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers
Broader	asterid dicot genus	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanish	encelia, genus encelia
Catalan	encelia, genus encelia

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