yerba santa

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yerba san·ta (s

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Any of various western North American evergreen shrubs of the genus Eriodictyon, having purple or white flowers borne in coiled cymes and a funnel-shaped corolla.

[Spanish : yerba, herb + santa, holy.]

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yerba santa - viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses

Eriodictyon californicum

Eriodictyon, genus Eriodictyon - small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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Eriodictyon californicum

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