greasewood
Meanings
noun
- Spiny shrubs containing oil, of the genus Sarcobatus, native to the United States, especially Sarcobatus vermiculatus.
- Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
- Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise).
- Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)
- Glossopetalon spinescens (spiny greasewood, Nevada greasewood).
- Gutierrezia spp. (broomweed, snakeweeds, matchweeds).
- Larrea tridentata (creosote bush).
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Etymology
From grease + wood.
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