creosote bush (redirected from creosote bushes)

creosote bush

n.

Any of several resinous aromatic evergreen shrubs of the genus Larrea, especially L. tridentata, a yellow-flowered plant characteristic of warm deserts in the southwest United States and Mexico.

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creosote bush - desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers coville, hediondilla, Larrea tridentata genus Larrea, Larrea - xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States Sonora gum - acidulous gum resin of the creosote bush bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems