Memidex - C. americanus
Definition:
a shrubby tree of the southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
Class:
plant noun
Usage:
Plural:
C. americanus*
(* C. americanus may be used in a singular or plural context)
Type of:
smoke tree » shrub » woody plant » vascular plant » plant » organism » living thing
Member of:
Cotinus » Anacardiaceae » Sapindales » Dicotyledones » Angiospermae » Spermatophyta » Plantae
Original source:
Synonyms:
American smokewood | C. obovatus [abbreviation, species] | chittamwood | Cotinus americanus [species] | Cotinus obovatus [species]
Page last updated: 2009-12-07
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