CHRYSOTHAMNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chrysothamnus mean? 

• CHRYSOTHAMNUS (noun)
  The noun CHRYSOTHAMNUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of low branching shrubs of western North America

  Familiarity information: CHRYSOTHAMNUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRYSOTHAMNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of low branching shrubs of western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysothamnus; genus Chrysothamnus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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)