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Dalea

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n.1.a genus of plants including the indigo bush.
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Noun1.DaleaDalea - indigo bush                          
genus Dalea
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
Dalea spinosa, smoke tree - greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor


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Incense-cedar could move from Libocedrus to Calocedrus; giant chinkapin from Castanopsis to Chrysolepis; saguaro from Cereum to Carnegiea; Key tree-cactus from Cereus to Pilosocereus; smokethorn from Dalea to Psorothamnus; and you could just see the bumelias (Bumelia), willow bustic (Dipholis), and false-mastic (Mastichodendron) join each other in Sideroxylon.
Championing changes in the forest by Bronaugh, Whit / American Forests
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Herbal answers for deadly diseases by Dooley, Erin E. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Jane Dalea Kahn, Distinction's publisher, denies that the start-up hasn't found its legs in a competitive Southern California market.
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