- American smoke tree
- a small tree, Cotinus obovatus, of the cashew family, of the central southern U.S., having yellowish flowers and clusters of fleshy fruit with silky plumes. Also called chittamwood.
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American smoke tree
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American smoke tree — chittamwood chittamwood n. 1. a shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast ({Rhamnus purshianus} or {Rhamnus purshiana}), whose bark is the {cascara sagrada}, used as a mild cathartic or laxative. Syn: cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
American smoke tree — a small tree, Cotinus obovatus, of the cashew family, of the central southern U.S., having yellowish flowers and clusters of fleshy fruit with silky plumes. Also called chittamwood. * * * … Universalium
smoke tree — noun 1. greyish green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light colored honey of excellent flavor • Syn: ↑Dalea… … Useful english dictionary
smoke tree — 1. Also called American smoke tree, chittamwood. a tree, Cotinus obovatus, of the cashew family, native to the southeastern U.S., having egg shaped leaves and large clusters of small white flowers. 2. Also called Venetian sumac. a related shrub,… … Universalium
Smoke tree — taxobox name = Smoke Tree image caption = Smoketree flowerhead with fruit and dew droplets regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Sapindales familia = Anacardiaceae genus =… … Wikipedia
smoke tree — /ˈsmoʊk tri/ (say smohk tree) noun 1. a tree like shrub, Cotinus coggygria, native to southern Europe and western Asia, bearing small flowers in large panicles that develop a light, feathery appearance suggestive of smoke. 2. a related American… …
smoke bush — noun 1. any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus • Syn: ↑smoke tree • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑American smokewood, ↑chittamwood, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
American smokewood — noun shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke • Syn: ↑chittamwood, ↑Cotinus americanus, ↑Cotinus obovatus • Hypernyms: ↑smoke tree, ↑smoke bush … Useful english dictionary
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