KIDNEY WORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kidney wort mean? 

• KIDNEY WORT (noun)
  The noun KIDNEY WORT has 1 sense:

1. widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle

  Familiarity information: KIDNEY WORT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIDNEY WORT (noun)

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 ("kidney wort" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("kidney wort" 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)