HyperDic: genus_baccharis

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Baccharis:
NOUNplantgenus Baccharis, Baccharisshrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits
English > genus Baccharis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningshrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control.
SynonymBaccharis
Member ofCompositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster familyplants with heads composed of many florets
Memberscoyote brush, coyote bush, chaparral broom, kidney wort, Baccharis pilularisWidely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
groundsel tree, groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, Baccharis halimifoliaA shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies
mule fat, Baccharis vimineaCalifornia shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanishbaccharis, genus baccharis
Catalanbaccharis, Baccharis, genus baccharis

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