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BACCHARIS PILULARIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Baccharis pilularis mean?
• BACCHARIS PILULARIS (noun)
The noun BACCHARIS PILULARIS has 1 sense:
1. widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
Familiarity information: BACCHARIS PILULARIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Baccharis pilularis; chaparral broom; coyote brush; coyote bush; kidney wort
Hypernyms ("Baccharis pilularis" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Baccharis pilularis" is a member of...):
Baccharis; genus Baccharis (shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control)
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