rabbitbrush

rabbitbrush
/rab"it brush'/, n.
any of several composite shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having whitish, hairy branches and yellow flowers.
[1860-65; RABBIT + BRUSH2; so called because it provides shelter for jackrabbits]

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