GENUS SARCOBATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sarcobatus mean? 

• GENUS SARCOBATUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS SARCOBATUS has 1 sense:

1. one species: greasewood

  Familiarity information: GENUS SARCOBATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SARCOBATUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: greasewood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sarcobatus; Sarcobatus

Hypernyms ("genus Sarcobatus" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sarcobatus"):

black greasewood; greasewood; Sarcobatus vermiculatus (low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America)

Holonyms ("genus Sarcobatus" is a member of...):

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)