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smoke tree

DEFINITIONS OF: smoke tree

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n any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus

Synonyms:
smoke bush
Types:
American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus, chittamwood
shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
Cotinus coggygria, Venetian sumac, wig tree
Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

n 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

Synonyms:
Dalea spinosa
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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