gum plant

gum plant

n.

Any of several North American plants of the genus Grindelia, especially G. squarrosa, having sticky leaves and bracts and yellow, rayed flower heads.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gum plant - any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock gumweed, rosinweed, tarweed genus Grindelia, Grindelia - large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America Grindelia robusta - perennial gumweed of California and Baja California curlycup gumweed, Grindelia squarrosa - perennial gumweed of western and central North America herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests