COVILLE

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Meaning:

Desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers

Synonyms:

coville; creosote bush; hediondilla; Larrea tridentata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("coville" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "coville"):

Sonora gum (acidulous gum resin of the creosote bush)

Holonyms ("coville" is a member of...):

genus Larrea; Larrea (xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States)