Gutierrezia

noun

Gu·​ti·​er·​re·​zia

ˌgütēəˈrēzh(ē)ə

: a genus of American herbs or low shrubs (family Compositae) with alternate linear entire leaves and yellow flower heads in corymbose clusters see broom snakeweed, snakeweed, texas snakeweed

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Gutiérrez, noble Spanish family + New Latin -ia

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