1. Any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus
   "The smoke tree's fluffy pink flowers created a hazy effect in the garden";
   - smoke bush
    
2. 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-coloured honey of excellent flavour
   "Beekeepers prized the honey produced from smoke tree flowers";
   - Dalea spinosa

Derived forms: smoke trees

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: Cotinus, Dalea, genus Cotinus, genus Dalea

Encyclopedia: Smoke tree