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greasewood
greasewood
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A Sarcobatus shrub
Noun
greasewood (countable and uncountable, plural greasewoods)
- Spiny shrubs containing oil, of the genus Sarcobatus, native to the United States.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 445:
- He worked his way north among the tall cactuses and greasewood, staying just out of sight of the railroad
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 445:
- Chamise.
- Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves, such as creosote bush
Translations
shrub of the genus Sarcobatus
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chamise