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GREASEWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
Synonyms:
black greasewood; greasewood; Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("greasewood" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("greasewood" is a member of...):
genus Sarcobatus; Sarcobatus (one species: greasewood)