1. shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control; [syn: Baccharis, genus Baccharis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Baccharis
n 1: shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented
flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits;
often used for erosion control [syn: Baccharis, genus
Baccharis]