black greasewood

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Noun1.black greasewood - low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western Americablack greasewood - low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus
genus Sarcobatus, Sarcobatus - one species: greasewood
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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