Portuguese
sarcobatus Low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America.
1
His left hand was clutching the thick tap root of a greasewood.
2
She found he knew greasewood from sage-brush, and that was about all.
3
But always a greasewood mocked him, waving stiff arms at him derisively.
4
S' long as they slinks beyond yonder greasewood, they lurks in safety.
5
Of course it worked toward the low place where grew the greasewood bush.