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shadscale

shadscale noun: an evergreen shrub, Atriplex confertifolia.

Noun

shadscale (countable and uncountable, plural shadscales)

  1. An evergreen shrub, Atriplex confertifolia.
    • At areas of slightly higher elevations, soils were less salty and supported a cold desert chenopod shrub community consisting predominately of shadscale (Atriplex confertifolia) and gray molly (Kochia americana).2015 October 15, “Evaluation of Scat Deposition Transects versus Radio Telemetry for Developing a Species Distribution Model for a Rare Desert Carnivore, the Kit Fox”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of shadscale

pluralshadscales

Questions about shadscale

What does shadscale mean?
Shadscale means an evergreen shrub, Atriplex confertifolia.
What part of speech is shadscale?
Shadscale is a noun.
What is the plural of shadscale?
The plural of shadscale is shadscales.

Words near shadscale in the dictionary

  1. Shadrach
  2. Shadrachs
  3. Shadrick
  4. Shadricks
  5. shads
  6. shadscale
  7. shadscales
  8. shaduf
  9. shadufs
  10. Shadwell
  11. Shadwells

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