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noun
Spiny shrubs containing oil, of the genus Sarcobatus, native to the United States, especially Sarcobatus vermiculatus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: Fremontia
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
Glossopetalon spinescens (spiny greasewood, Nevada greasewood).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
Gutierrezia spp. (broomweed, snakeweeds, matchweeds).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
Larrea tridentata (creosote bush).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
From grease + wood.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
