NOUN | plant | gum plant, gumweed, tarweed, rosinweed | any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally |
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Meaning | Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock. | |
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Synonyms | gumweed, tarweed, rosinweed | |
Member of | Grindelia, genus Grindelia | large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America |
Narrower | Grindelia robusta | perennial gumweed of California and Baja California |
curlycup gumweed, Grindelia squarrosa | perennial gumweed of western and central North America | |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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