Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Adenostoma, natural order Rosaceæ.
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- noun an
evergreen shrub , Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States - noun an
evergreen shrub native toCalifornia , Adenostoma fasciculata
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Examples
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There were clumps of cholla and other cactus, and the native gray-green chamiso bushes one saw everywhere.
The Turquoise Mask Whitney, Phyllis A. 1973
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Paradise Valley, a plain desert strewn with greasewood and chamiso; and down in the floor of Death Valley is, or rather was, Greenland.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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Several species of oak are found upon the hillsides and in the valleys, while mingled with them in many places appear such shrubs as the California lilac, chamiso, and manzanita.
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