feather tree

feather tree
noun
1. : smoke tree 1a
2. : a mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus) that is usually a low spreading evergreen shrub, is widely distributed in interior uplands of western No. America, and is a major browse plant over much of its range

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feather tree,
1. = smoke tree. (Cf.smoke tree)
2. a tree of the mahogany fami growing in valleys and on mountain slopes of the western United States; valley mahogany.

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