BROOM-WEED

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers

Synonyms:

broom-weed; broomweed; Gutierrezia texana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("broom-weed" is a kind of...):

matchbush; matchweed (any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches)

Holonyms ("broom-weed" is a member of...):

genus Gutierrezia; Gutierrezia (sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America)