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noun
Synonym of broomweed (“plants of Gutierrezia genus”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: broomweed
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: matchbush
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex
Narrower terms: little-head snakeweed, Gutierrezia microcephala, rabbitweed, rabbit-weed, snakeweed, broom snakeweed, broom snakeroot, turpentine weed, Gutierrezia sarothrae, broomweed, broom-weed, Gutierrezia texana
History
From match + weed.
