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Meanings of greasewood in English

Portuguese
sarcobatus

Low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America.

        sarcobatus
        Usage of greasewood in English
        1
        His left hand was clutching the thick tap root of a greasewood.
        The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories
        2
        She found he knew greasewood from sage-brush, and that was about all.
        A Voice in the Wilderness
        3
        But always a greasewood mocked him, waving stiff arms at him derisively.
        Casey Ryan
        4
        S' long as they slinks beyond yonder greasewood, they lurks in safety.
        Blazed Trail Stories, and Stories of the Wild Life
        5
        Of course it worked toward the low place where grew the greasewood bush.
        Johnny Bear, and Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted
        6
        Again Garrett had to search in the salt grass and greasewood.
        The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado
        7
        He started in heavy snow, cutting a road through the greasewood and sage-brush.
        The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West
        8
        Along the brink grew stunted bushes of greasewood and of sage.
        The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories
        9
        A little breeze went dancing and shivering through the dry mesquite and greasewood.
        The Desert Valley
        10
        He kicked a stub of greasewood branch back into the flames and laughed.
        The Trail of the White Mule
        11
        His little fire of greasewood threw a wan circle into the surrounding blackness.
        The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
        12
        These were further screened by occasional willows or greasewood growing on the banks.
        The Killer
        13
        Over rough, uneven ground, between greasewood, sage-brush, and cactus, back into the trail.
        A Voice in the Wilderness
        14
        Good old sage er greasewood fer Casey Ryan, from here on!
        The Trail of the White Mule
        15
        The fine particles of it filled the air, sprayed the cactus and the greasewood.
        Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
        16
        Bunches of greasewood and cactus plants were interspersed here and there in the grass.
        The Light of the Western Stars
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        Translations for greasewood
        Portuguese
        sarcobatus
        Greasewood through the time
        Greasewood across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common