smoke trees
• noun
Deciduous shrubs or small trees of the genus Cotinus in the cashew family (Anacardiaceae), native to warm temperate regions of Eurasia and North America, cultivated for their large, plumose, pinkish-gray fruiting panicles that resemble clouds of smoke.
"The garden designer planted purple-leaved smoke trees along the border to add billowy texture in late summer."
American Spiny desert shrubs or small trees (Psorothamnus spinosus) in the legume family (Fabaceae), native to the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of southwestern North America, having pale gray-green, nearly leafless branches that look like a puff of smoke from a distance and bearing indigo-blue blossoms in late spring.
"After the spring rains, the desert wash was lined with blooming smoke trees covered in deep blue flowers."
• verb
American To smoke cannabis (in slang usage).
"In several early hip-hop tracks, the lyrics casually mention getting together to smoke trees."
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