Chamisa

cha;mi;sa pronunciation: variant(s): or cha;mi;so function: noun etymology: american spanish chamiza, chamizo, ultimately from spanish chamiza brushwood, kindling, from portuguese or galician chami?a, from chama flame, from latin flamma — more at flamedate: 1960 1 : a saltbush (atriplex canescens) of the western united states and mexico having winged seeds2 : a rabbitbrush (chrysothamnus nauseosus) having yellow flowers