kochia

/ (ˈkəʊkɪə) /

noun

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 Also called: burning bush, summer cypress

Word Origin for kochia

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

Words nearby kochia

koch's bacillus, koch's postulates, koch-weeks bacillus, kocher, kochi, kochia, kock pouch, kodachrome, kodagu, kodak, kodel

Example sentences from the Web for kochia

About this place two species of Kochia occur, and Artemisia is not uncommon.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The |William Griffith
Towards this Royleoid occurs but sparingly, and the first change takes place in the abundance of Salicornia or Kochia.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The |William Griffith
To-day I noticed the Kochia brevifolia, a little salt-bush, with greenish yellow fruit, edged with pink.

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia |Thomas Mitchell
Kochia spinosa, and a curious Mathioloid are among the few wild plants to be found about Pushut.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The |William Griffith

Mudar, a small-fruited Kochia, like that of Jallalabad; Bœrhaavia very common.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The |William Griffith

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