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BLACK GREASEWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black greasewood mean?
• BLACK GREASEWOOD (noun)
The noun BLACK GREASEWOOD has 1 sense:
1. low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
Familiarity information: BLACK GREASEWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black greasewood; greasewood; Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Hypernyms ("black greasewood" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("black greasewood" is a member of...):
genus Sarcobatus; Sarcobatus (one species: greasewood)
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