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COTINUS AMERICANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cotinus americanus mean? 

COTINUS AMERICANUS (noun)
  The noun COTINUS AMERICANUS has 1 sense:

1. shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smokeplay

  Familiarity information: COTINUS AMERICANUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COTINUS AMERICANUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American smokewood; chittamwood; Cotinus americanus; Cotinus obovatus

Hypernyms ("Cotinus americanus" is a kind of...):

smoke bush; smoke tree (any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus)


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