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Definition of Baccharis
1. Noun. Shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Baccharis Halimifolia, Consumption Weed, Cotton-seed Tree, Groundsel Bush, Groundsel Tree, Baccharis Viminea, Mule Fat, Baccharis Pilularis, Chaparral Broom, Coyote Brush, Coyote Bush, Kidney Wort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baccharis
Literary usage of Baccharis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"The costal cliff vegetation, with baccharis dioica as a typical plant. 4.
The mangrove vegetation, to which the author felt justified in adding besides ..."
2. 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, ...
Linear- leaved baccharis. Fig. 4386. baccharis neglecta Britton, in Britt. ..."
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