a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America. Also called consumption weed .
[ 1735-45 ]
GROUNDSEL TREE
Meaning of GROUNDSEL TREE in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012