genus larrea

English Thesaurus

1. xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	coville, creosote bush, hediondilla, larrea tridentata,
definition	:	desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	bean-caper family, family zygophyllaceae, zygophyllaceae,
definition	:	small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea (noun.plant)