Meaning of greasewood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Spiny shrubs containing oil, of the genus Sarcobatus, native to the United States, especially Sarcobatus vermiculatus.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
   countable, uncountable
3. Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise).
   countable, uncountable
4. Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)
   countable, uncountable
5. Glossopetalon spinescens (spiny greasewood, Nevada greasewood).
   countable, uncountable
6. Gutierrezia spp. (broomweed, snakeweeds, matchweeds).
   countable, uncountable
7. Larrea tridentata (creosote bush).
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He worked his way north among the tall cactuses and greasewood, staying just out of sight of the railroad.”

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