English noun: brittlebush | |||
1. | brittlebush (plant) fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine | ||
Synonyms | brittle bush, Encelia farinosa, incienso | ||
Broader (hypernym) | wild flower, wildflower | ||
Member meronym | Encelia, genus Encelia | ||