gum plant

1. 1.

   any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock

   Synonymsgumweedtarweedrosinweed

   Broaderherb

   NarrowerGrindelia robustacurlycup gumweed

   Part ofGrindelia

Questions about gum plant

What does gum plant mean?

gum plant means "any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock".

What is another word for gum plant?

Close synonyms include gumweed, tarweed, rosinweed. 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 gum plant a common word?

gum plant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.