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SARCOBATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sarcobatus mean?
• SARCOBATUS (noun)
The noun SARCOBATUS has 1 sense:
1. one species: greasewood
Familiarity information: SARCOBATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: greasewood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Sarcobatus; Sarcobatus
Hypernyms ("Sarcobatus" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Sarcobatus"):
black greasewood; greasewood; Sarcobatus vermiculatus (low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America)
Holonyms ("Sarcobatus" is a member of...):
Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)
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