coyote brush

noun

The shrub Baccharis pilularis native to the western United States, some varieties of which are widely used there as a drought-tolerant groundcover.

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coyote bushchaparral broomkidney wortBaccharis pilularis
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Meanings

nouncoyote brush (plural coyote brushes)

plural coyote brushes · alternative coyote bush

  1. The shrub Baccharis pilularis native to the western United States, some varieties of which are widely used there as a drought-tolerant groundcover.

    Soon neat rows of coyote brush rise on either side, their tops trimmed and even.

    2016, C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills Is Gold, Virago, page 101

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwidely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle

Similar
coyote bushchaparral broomkidney wortBaccharis pilularis
Broader
shrubbush
Also see
coyote bush

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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