Threadleaf Groundsel (Noun)
Meaning
Bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white wool and bearing branched clusters of yellow flower heads; southwestern United States; toxic to range livestock.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Threadleaf groundsel is a plant that can be found in the southwestern United States, and it is known to be toxic to range livestock.
- The rancher had to deal with the threat of threadleaf groundsel to his cattle's health on his Arizona ranch.
- Threadleaf groundsel grows as a bluish-green, bushy plant covered with close white wool.
- A sheep farmer in New Mexico found out the hard way that threadleaf groundsel is toxic to his livestock.
- Threadleaf groundsel seems harmless, but it can have devastating effects on the health of grazing animals.