Greasewood (Noun)
Meaning
Low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The desert landscape was dotted with scrubby greasewood, its twisted branches reaching for the sky.
- Greasewood thrives in alkaline soils where other plants struggle to survive.
- The small bird made its nest deep within the thorny canopy of the greasewood shrub.
- In the dry lakebed, the only vegetation was a hardy stand of greasewood fighting for life.
- Greasewood provided essential shelter for wildlife from the harsh desert winds.