creosote bush
creosote bush noun: a common North American desert shrub used as a medicinal herb, Larrea tridentata.
Noun
creosote bush (countable and uncountable, plural creosote bushes)
- A common North American desert shrub used as a medicinal herb, Larrea tridentata.
- The hills were of conical form, piled upon each other; one of them with a cap of trap; all seemed to be solid basalt thrust up from beneath; a very few cedars and other shrubs; several large kinds of caste and grass tuft between the rocks was all the vegetation, the grass growing finest on the...1848, W.H. Emory, Thirtieth Congress—First Session. Ex. Doc. No. 41. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, California, Including Part of the Arkansas...
- Synonyms:
- creosote, greasewood, chaparral
creosote bush meaning in Arabic and Persian
creosote bush in Arabic
- creosote bush
- حشيشة الشحم
creosote bush in Persian
- creosote bush
- بوته قطران
Synonyms of creosote bush
Forms of creosote bush
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Origin of creosote bush
Named for its smell, which resembles that of creosote, circa 1835 to 1845.
Questions about creosote bush
- What does creosote bush mean?
- Creosote bush means a common North American desert shrub used as a medicinal herb, Larrea tridentata.
- What is creosote bush in Arabic?
- Creosote bush in Arabic is حشيشة الشحم. See Creosote bush meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is creosote bush?
- Creosote bush is a noun.
- What is the plural of creosote bush?
- The plural of creosote bush is creosote bushes.
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