goldenbush

Definitions of goldenbush

1. noun

   a plant of the genus Haplopappus
   types:

   Haplopappus phyllocephalus, camphor daisy

   annual of southern United States and Mexico having bristly leaves and pale yellow flowers

   Haplopappus spinulosus, yellow spiny daisy

   slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads

   type of:

   wild flower, wildflower

   wild or uncultivated flowering plant
2. noun

   any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America
   types:

   Chrysothamnus nauseosus, rabbit brush, rabbit bush

   pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems