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Encelia farinosa
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Encelia farinosa - 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 medicinebrittle bush, brittlebush, inciensowild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plantEncelia, genus Encelia - genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush |
encelia farinosa
 encelia enceliaYellow daisy-like flowers, mild painkiller, used for toothaches, arthritic pain, mild analgesic. Common desert shrub with brittle stems. (sometimes called Brittlebush). up to 3 ft (1m). Yellow brown resin collected from the base of the plant can be heated and used as glue. A different, more fragrant, gummy sort of clear yellow resin is collected from the upper stems, used as chewing gum or to seal pottery vessels. Smells similar to frankenscense. Branch can be used as a toothbrush by peeling off the bitter bark, no need for toothpaste. Leaves triangular, simple, alternate; silvery, gray or whitish.Encelia farinosa
Synonyms for Encelia farinosanoun fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowersSynonyms- brittle bush
- brittlebush
- incienso
Related Words- wild flower
- wildflower
- Encelia
- genus Encelia
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