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 

• BLACK GREASEWOOD (noun)

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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)