greasewood

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Etymology

grease +‎ wood

Pronunciation

Noun

greasewood (countable and uncountable, plural greasewoods)

  1. Spiny shrubs containing oil, of the genus Sarcobatus, native to the United States, especially Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 445:
      He worked his way north among the tall cactuses and greasewood, staying just out of sight of the railroad.
  2. Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves
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