Portuguese
sarcobatus Low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America.
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His left hand was clutching the thick tap root of a greasewood.
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She found he knew greasewood from sage-brush, and that was about all.
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But always a greasewood mocked him, waving stiff arms at him derisively.
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S' long as they slinks beyond yonder greasewood, they lurks in safety.
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Of course it worked toward the low place where grew the greasewood bush.
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Again Garrett had to search in the salt grass and greasewood.
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He started in heavy snow, cutting a road through the greasewood and sage-brush.
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Along the brink grew stunted bushes of greasewood and of sage.
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A little breeze went dancing and shivering through the dry mesquite and greasewood.
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He kicked a stub of greasewood branch back into the flames and laughed.
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His little fire of greasewood threw a wan circle into the surrounding blackness.
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These were further screened by occasional willows or greasewood growing on the banks.
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Over rough, uneven ground, between greasewood, sage-brush, and cactus, back into the trail.
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Good old sage er greasewood fer Casey Ryan, from here on!
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The fine particles of it filled the air, sprayed the cactus and the greasewood.
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Bunches of greasewood and cactus plants were interspersed here and there in the grass.
