greasewood
noun/ˈɡɹiːswʊd/
Etymology From grease + wood.
1
Spiny shrubs containing oil, of the genus Sarcobatus, native to the United States, especially Sarcobatus vermiculatus.
- He worked his way north among the tall cactuses and greasewood, staying just out of sight of the railroad.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 445:
› Any of several other North American desert…
2
Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise).
3
Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)
4
Glossopetalon spinescens (spiny greasewood, Nevada greasewood).
5
Gutierrezia spp. (broomweed, snakeweeds, matchweeds).
6
Larrea tridentata (creosote bush).
- Related terms
- fatwood