noun
- plural of rabbitbrush; shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus or Ericameria, native to western North America, with small yellow flowers and narrow leaves
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The hillsides were covered with golden rabbitbrushes in late summer.
- Rabbitbrushes provide important habitat for wildlife in desert regions.
- The botanist identified several species of rabbitbrushes along the trail.
- Rabbitbrushes bloom after most other wildflowers have finished.
- Native Americans traditionally used rabbitbrushes for medicinal purposes.
- The drought-resistant rabbitbrushes thrived in the arid landscape.