| 释义 |
smoke tree
noun
1. : either of two small shrubby plants of the genus Cotinus having large panicles of flowers on plumose pedicels that resemble a cloud of smoke:
a. : an Old World shrub (C. coggygria) — called also Venetian sumac
b. : an American shrub or shrubby tree (C. obovatus) — called also chittamwood
2. : a spiny grayish green leguminous shrub (Dalea spinosa) of desert areas of the southwestern United States and Mexico that has very sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers and that is a locally important honey plant yielding a light-colored honey of excellent flavor |