GOLDENBUSH
Dictionary entry overview: What does goldenbush mean?
• GOLDENBUSH (noun)
The noun GOLDENBUSH has 2 senses:
1. a plant of the genus Haplopappus
2. any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America
Familiarity information: GOLDENBUSH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GOLDENBUSH (noun)
Meaning:
A plant of the genus Haplopappus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("goldenbush" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goldenbush"):
camphor daisy; Haplopappus phyllocephalus (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)
Holonyms ("goldenbush" is a member of...):
genus Haplopappus; Haplopappus (genus of North and South American perennial herbs or shrubs with yellow flowers; in some classifications include species placed in other genera especially Hazardia)
Meaning:
Any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("goldenbush" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goldenbush"):
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)
Holonyms ("goldenbush" is a member of...):
Chrysothamnus; genus Chrysothamnus (genus of low branching shrubs of western North America)
