Encelia farinosa

Noun

Meaning

fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Examples

When in bloom, the yellow daisy flowers of brittlebush (Encelia farinosa), so-called on account of its brittle stems, is a tough perennial that survives both fire and sub-freezing temperatures. Source: Internet

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