HyperDic: groundsel_bush

English > 1 sense of the expression groundsel bush:
NOUNplantgroundsel bush, groundsel tree, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, Baccharis halimifoliaa shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies
English > groundsel bush: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts.
Synonymsgroundsel tree, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, Baccharis halimifolia
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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