smoke trees

smoke tree

Either of two deciduous plants, Cotinus obovatus, a tree of the southern United States, or C. coggygria, a shrub of Eurasia, having plumelike clusters of small yellowish flowers.

[From the resemblance of the flower clusters to puffs of smoke.]

smoke tree

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an anacardiaceous shrub, Cotinus coggygria, of S Europe and Asia, having clusters of yellowish feathery flowers

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a related tree, Cotinus americanus, of the southern US

[so named because of the similarity between its flower clusters and a cloud of smoke]

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Noun	1.	smoke tree - any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus smoke bush Cotinus, genus Cotinus - smoke trees American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus, chittamwood - shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke Cotinus coggygria, Venetian sumac, wig tree - Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	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 Dalea spinosa Dalea, genus Dalea - indigo bush bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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American smokewood
Anacardiaceae
chittamwood
Cotinus
Cotinus americanus
Cotinus coggygria
Cotinus obovatus
Dalea
Dalea spinosa
family Anacardiaceae
genus Cotinus
genus Dalea
smoke bush
sumac family
Venetian sumac
wig tree

The four-hour Borrego Badlands trip visited a dry wash full of smoke trees where white-throated thrushes roost upside down at night, much like bats.

DAYS OF WINE AND CACTUS LA CASA DEL ZORRO'S APPEALS RANGE FROM RUGGED ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Smoke trees, which are grown as ornamentals are especially beautiful in autumn when their leaves turn.

Goncalo Alves -- Beautiful and Durable by KAISER, JO-ANN / Wood & Wood Products

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