kochia

British

/ ˈkəʊkɪə /

noun

Also called: burning bush. summer cypress. any plant of the widely distributed annual genus Kochia, esp K. Scoparia trichophila, grown for its foliage, which turns dark red in the late summer: family Chenopodiaceae

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Etymology

Origin of kochia

named after W. D. J. Koch (1771–1849), German botanist

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