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    GENUS CHRYSOTHAMNUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of low branching shrubs of western North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    Chrysothamnus; genus Chrysothamnus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Chrysothamnus" is a kind of...):

    asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Chrysothamnus"):

    goldenbush (any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America)

    Chrysothamnus nauseosus; rabbit brush; rabbit bush (pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo)

    Holonyms ("genus Chrysothamnus" is a member of...):

    aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)

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