NOUN | plant | smoke tree, smoke bush | any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus |
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plant | smoke tree, Dalea spinosa | greyish-green shrub of desert regions / regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers |
Meaning | Any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus. | |
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Synonym | smoke bush | |
Member of | Cotinus, genus Cotinus | smoke trees |
Narrower | American smokewood, chittamwood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus | shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke |
Venetian sumac, wig tree, Cotinus coggygria | Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke | |
Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
Meaning | Greyish-green shrub of desert regions / regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor. | |
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Synonym | Dalea spinosa | |
Member of | Dalea, genus Dalea | indigo bush |
Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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