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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