Genus Eriodictyon (Noun)
Meaning
Small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Eriodictyon is a small genus of evergreen shrubs that can be found in the southwestern United States and Mexico.
- The botanical name of the genus Eriodictyon is derived from the Greek words for "wooly oak tree".
- The medicinal properties of the Yerba Santa plant, which belongs to the genus Eriodictyon, have been used for centuries by indigenous peoples in the southwestern United States.
- Eriodictyon angustifolium, a species within the genus Eriodictyon, is commonly known as Narrowleaf Yerba Santa in English.
- Eriodictyon californicum, another member of the genus Eriodictyon, is used as a food source by the caterpillars of the Swallowtail butterfly.