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Baccharis

noun

shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control

• Syn: ↑genus Baccharis

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms:

↑groundsel tree, ↑groundsel bush, ↑consumption weed, ↑cotton-seed tree, ↑Baccharis halimifolia, ↑mule fat, ↑Baccharis viminea, ↑coyote brush, ↑coyote bush, ↑chaparral broom, ↑kidney wort, ↑Baccharis pilularis

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\\ˈbakərə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin baccar, bacchar, a plant having a fragrant root, from Greek bakcharis sowbread

: a genus of smooth and resinous or glutinous shrubs (family Compositae) having whitish or yellow flower heads in pyramidal panicles

Useful english dictionary. 2012.