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Noun: matchweed
  1. Any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches
    "Matchweed dotted the dry landscape with its miniature yellow blooms";
    - matchbush

Derived forms: matchweeds

Type of: subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: genus Gutierrezia, Gutierrezia

Encyclopedia: Matchweed