Definition of Baccharis

1. Noun. Shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Baccharis

Babylonia
Babylonian
Babylonian Captivity
Babylonian weeping willow
Babylonians
Babylonic
Babylonish
Babyrousa
Babyrousa Babyrussa
Babœuf
Baccelli's sign
Bacchanal
Bacchanalia
Bacchanalian
Bacchanalians
Baccharis
Baccharis halimifolia
Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis viminea
Bacchic
Bacchus
Bacchylides
Bach
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts in Library Science
Bachelor of Arts in Nursing
Bachelor of Divinity
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Literature
Bachelor of Medicine

Literary usage of Baccharis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"The costal cliff vegetation, with baccharis dioica as a typical plant. 4. The mangrove vegetation, to which the author felt justified in adding besides ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"baccharis halimifolia L. Sp. PI. 860. 1753. A branching glabrous shrub, ... Linear- leaved baccharis. Fig. 4386. baccharis neglecta Britton, in Britt. ..."

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