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    CHAPARRAL BROOM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicleplay

    Synonyms:

    Baccharis pilularis; chaparral broom; coyote brush; coyote bush; kidney wort

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("chaparral broom" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("chaparral broom" 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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