any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus
plant noun (plants and fungi)
smoke trees
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[uncountable] The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material. | [informal, countable noun] A cigarette. | [informal, countable noun, never plural] An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the ... (34 of 286 words, 16 senses, 1 etymology, pronunciation)
any of several plant species whose foliage suggests clouds of smoke. Dalea spinosa is a spiny, grayish green shrub, of the pea family, native to arid ... (26 of 102 words)
may refer to any of several plants, some of whose parts are finely divided and give the appearance of smoke from a distance: Cotinus, a common garden shrub | Psorothamnus spinosus, a spiny tree of the American desert (37 of 81 words, 2 senses)
either of two small shrubby trees (genus Cotinus) of the cashew family with large panicles of minute flowers that suggest a cloud of smoke: one (C. ... (26 of 60 words, 2 senses)
a tree, Cotinus obovatus, of the cashew family, native to the southeastern U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and large clusters of small white flowers. | ... (23 of 53 words, 2 senses)
a bush or small tree whose clusters of small flowers resemble puffs of smoke. Genus Cotinus. (16 of 29 words)
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