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greasewoods

greasewoods is the plural of greasewood.

Meaning of greasewood

Noun

greasewood (countable and uncountable, plural greasewoods)

  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
    Synonyms:
    Fremontia
  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).

Questions about greasewoods

What is greasewoods the plural of?
Greasewoods is the plural of greasewood.

Words near greasewoods in the dictionary

  1. greases the wheels
  2. greases up
  3. greasest
  4. greaseth
  5. greasewood
  6. greasewoods
  7. greasewort
  8. greasey
  9. greasey spoon
  10. greasey spoons
  11. greasier

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