Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for kochia. Search instead for kochias.

kochia

British  
/ ˈkəʊkɪə /

noun

  1. 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of kochia

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