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a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America. Also called consumption weed.[1735-45]
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groundsel tree
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groundsel tree — noun a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts • Syn: ↑groundsel bush, ↑consumption weed, ↑cotton seed tree, ↑Baccharis halimifolia • Hypernyms: ↑shrub … Useful english dictionary
groundsel bush — noun a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts • Syn: ↑groundsel tree, ↑consumption weed, ↑cotton seed tree, ↑Baccharis halimifolia • Hypernyms: ↑shrub … Useful english dictionary
cotton-seed tree — noun a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts • Syn: ↑groundsel tree, ↑groundsel bush, ↑consumption weed, ↑Baccharis halimifolia • Hypernyms: ↑shrub,… … Useful english dictionary
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Baccharis — noun shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control • Syn: ↑genus Baccharis • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae,… … Useful english dictionary
Baccharis halimifolia — noun a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts • Syn: ↑groundsel tree, ↑groundsel bush, ↑consumption weed, ↑cotton seed tree • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush … Useful english dictionary
consumption weed — noun a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts • Syn: ↑groundsel tree, ↑groundsel bush, ↑cotton seed tree, ↑Baccharis halimifolia • Hypernyms: ↑shrub,… … Useful english dictionary
genus Baccharis — noun shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control • Syn: ↑Baccharis • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family… … Useful english dictionary
