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Turpentine Weed (Noun)

Meaning

Low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • Turpentine weed grows abundantly in the arid regions of the southwestern United States, often forming dense mats of foliage.
  • The sweet fragrance of turpentine weed wafts through the air, intermingling with the scent of creosote bush and mesquite trees.
  • As the desert sun beats down, the turpentine weed's sticky leaves glisten in the bright light, clinging to unsuspecting travelers' clothing.
  • Turpentine weed is often used in herbal remedies for its purported medicinal properties, though some botanists caution against ingesting the plant.
  • While backpacking through the Sonoran Desert, Sarah stumbled upon a peculiar specimen of turpentine weed, whose tiny yellow flower heads seemed to shine like miniature suns.

Synonyms

  • Broom Snakeweed
  • Gutierrezia Sarothrae
  • Snakeweed
  • Broom Snakeroot
  • Rabbit-weed
  • Rabbitweed

Hypernyms

  • Matchbush
  • Matchweed
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