yellow rabbitbrush

noun

: a shrubby plant (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) of dry soils of western North America that has smooth or hairy stems and clusters of small yellow flowers and that is a valuable forage plant for livestock and wildlife

called also yellowbrush

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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