CREOSOTE BUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does creosote bush mean? 

• CREOSOTE BUSH (noun)
  The noun CREOSOTE BUSH has 1 sense:

1. desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers

  Familiarity information: CREOSOTE BUSH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREOSOTE BUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coville; creosote bush; hediondilla; Larrea tridentata

Hypernyms ("creosote bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "creosote bush"):

Sonora gum (acidulous gum resin of the creosote bush)

Holonyms ("creosote bush" is a member of...):

genus Larrea; Larrea (xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States)

 Context examples 

A naturally occurring antioxidant dicatechol originally derived from the creosote bush Larrea divaricatta with antipromoter, anti-inflammatory, and antineoplastic activities.

(Masoprocol, NCI Thesaurus)