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noun
A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: brittle bush, incienso, Encelia farinosa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wildflower, wild flower
History
From brittle + bush, from the frangibility of its stems.
