false heather

false heather
noun
North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
Hypernyms: ↑subshrub, ↑suffrutex
Member Holonyms: ↑Hudsonia, ↑genus Hudsonia

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noun
1. : any of several ericaceous plants that resemble true heather; especially : beach heather
2. : a small heathlike So. American solanaceous shrub (Fabiana imbricata) that is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental usually in the coolhouse

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