Definition of Baccharis halimifolia

1. Noun. A shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts.

Exact synonyms: Consumption Weed, Cotton-seed Tree, Groundsel Bush, Groundsel Tree
Group relationships: Baccharis, Genus Baccharis
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baccharis Halimifolia

Babylonian
Babylonian Captivity
Babylonian weeping willow
Babylonians
Babylonic
Babylonish
Babyrousa
Babyrousa Babyrussa
Babœuf
Baccelli's sign
Bacchanal
Bacchanalia
Bacchanalian
Bacchanalians
Baccharis
Baccharis halimifolia (current term)
Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis viminea
Bacchic
Bacchus
Bacchylides
Bach
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts in Library Science
Bachelor of Arts in Nursing
Bachelor of Divinity
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Literature
Bachelor of Medicine
Bachelor of Music

Literary usage of Baccharis halimifolia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Baccharis halimifolia L. Sp. PI. 860. 1753. A branching glabrous shrub, 3°-io" high, the branch- lets angled, sometimes minutely scurfy. ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"Baccharis halimifolia L. Sp. Pl. 86o (1753). 3992. Baccharis salicina T. & G. FI. NA 2: 258 (1841). 3993. Baccharis Wrightii A. Gray, PI. ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Particularly worthy of note are such common shrubs as Baccharis halimifolia, Lycium halimifolium, ..."

4. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"Baccharis halimifolia, 402. Baccharis salicina, 402. Balm of Gilead, 89. Balsam, Mountain, 34. Barberry, American, 182. Barberry, European, 182. ..."

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