CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chrysothamnus nauseosus mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysothamnus nauseosus; rabbit brush; rabbit bush

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

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

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

Chrysothamnus; genus Chrysothamnus (genus of low branching shrubs of western North America)