Creosote

Definitions

1. A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
   countable, uncountable
2. A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.
   countable, uncountable
3. The creosote bush.
   countable
4. A flammable black porous brittle glassy byproduct of wood burning, typically formed inside chimneys.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“On Shaw Butte, as elsewhere in the Phoenix area, creosotes are abundant, producing a plethora of small yellow flowers in late March⟳ and April.”

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