Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: greasewood  'grees,wûd
  1. Low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
    "Greasewood is an indicator plant for saline soils"; "black greasewood is an indicator plant for saline soils";
    - black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Derived forms: greasewoods

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Sarcobatus, Sarcobatus

Encyclopedia: Greasewood, Arizona