| NOUN | plant | 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 |
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| Meaning | A shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts. | |
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| Synonyms | groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, Baccharis halimifolia | |
| Member of | Baccharis, genus Baccharis | shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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