genus Chrysothamnus

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Chrysothamnus - genus of low branching shrubs of western North AmericaChrysothamnusasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsaster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinniagoldenbush - any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North AmericaChrysothamnus nauseosus, rabbit brush, rabbit bush - pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo