| NOUN | plant | rosinweed, Silphium laciniatum | North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers |
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| plant | rosinweed, gumweed, gum plant, tarweed | any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally |
| Meaning | North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers. | |
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| Synonym | Silphium laciniatum | |
| Member of | Silphium, genus Silphium | tall North American perennial herbs |
| Broader | compass plant, compass flower | Any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass |
| 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, gum plant, tarweed | |
| 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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