chrysothamnus nauseosus

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsrabbit brushrabbit bush

   Broadergoldenbush

   Part ofChrysothamnus

Questions about chrysothamnus nauseosus

What does chrysothamnus nauseosus mean?

chrysothamnus nauseosus means "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".

What is another word for chrysothamnus nauseosus?

Close synonyms include rabbit brush, rabbit bush. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chrysothamnus nauseosus a common word?

chrysothamnus nauseosus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.