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Meaning of "greasewood" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GREASEWOOD

greasewood  [ˈɡriːsˌwʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREASEWOOD

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Greasewood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GREASEWOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

greasewood

Greasewood

Greasewood is a common name shared by several plants: ▪ Adenostoma fasciculatum is a plant with white flowers that is native to Oregon, Nevada, California, and northern Baja California. This shrub is one of the most widespread plants of the chaparral biome. ▪ Baccharis sarothroides is a shrub with tiny green blooms native to the Sonoran Desert of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, commonly found in gravelly dry soils and disturbed areas. ▪ Glossopetalon spinescens is a species of shrub known by the common names spiny greasewood and Nevada greasewood. The shrub is native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in mountainous habitats, often on limestone substrates. It has small white-petalled flowers in the leaf axils. ▪ Larrea tridentata is a prominent species in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts. Its flowers are up to 25 millimetres in diameter, with five yellow petals. ▪ Sarcobatus vermiculatus is a green-leaved shrub found from southeastern British Columbia and southwest Alberta, Canada south through the drier regions of the United States to northern Mexico.

Definition of greasewood in the English dictionary

The definition of greasewood in the dictionary is Also called: chico. a spiny chenopodiaceous shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus of W North America, that yields an oil used as a fuel. Other definition of greasewood is any of various similar or related plants, such as the creosote bush.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GREASEWOOD


basswood
ˈbæsˌwʊd
Bollywood
ˈbɒlɪˌwʊd
boxwood
ˈbɒksˌwʊd
Brentwood
ˈbrɛntˌwʊd
cocuswood
ˈkəʊkəsˌwʊd
copsewood
ˈkɒpsˌwʊd
Fleetwood
ˈfliːtˌwʊd
greenwood
ˈɡriːnˌwʊd
hardwood
ˈhɑːdˌwʊd
Hollywood
ˈhɒlɪˌwʊd
Isherwood
ˈɪshəˌwʊd
lacewood
ˈleɪsˌwʊd
lancewood
ˈlɑːnsˌwʊd
moosewood
ˈmuːsˌwʊd
plywood
ˈplaɪˌwʊd
redwood
ˈrɛdˌwʊd
sasswood
ˈsæsˌwʊd
Sherwood
ˈʃɜːˌwʊd
underwood
ˈʌndəˌwʊd
Westwood
ˈwɛstˌwʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREASEWOOD

grease
grease cup
grease gun
grease monkey
grease nipple
grease remover
grease the palm of
grease wool
grease-stained
greaseball
greaseband
greasebush
greaseless
greasepaint
greaseproof
greaseproof paper
greaser
greasier
greasies
greasiest

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREASEWOOD

bluewood
Boldrewood
candlewood
canoewood
cheesewood
dyewood
eaglewood
fiddlewood
firewood
from the wood
harewood
latewood
Littlewood
marblewood
orangewood
pinewood
snakewood
sneezewood
whitewood
zantewood

Synonyms and antonyms of greasewood in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «greasewood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREASEWOOD

Find out the translation of greasewood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of greasewood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «greasewood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Greasewood
570 millions of speakers

English

greasewood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

greasewood
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

greasewood
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

greasewood
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

greasewood
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

greasewood
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Sarcobatus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Greasewood
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grease
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グリースウッド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

greasewood
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Greasewood
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Greasewood
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

greasewood
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रीसवुड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Greasewood
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Greasewood
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Greasewood
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

greasewood
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Greasewood
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Greasewood
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

greasewood
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

grease
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Grease
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of greasewood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREASEWOOD»

The term «greasewood» is regularly used and occupies the 96.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREASEWOOD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about greasewood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREASEWOOD»

Discover the use of greasewood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to greasewood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cancer and the Search for Selective Biochemical Inhibitors, ...
Lumholtz observed as well that a tea made by steeping the twigs and leaves of greasewood, also called the creosote bush, serves admirably as an antiseptic for wounds and, taken internally, as an antidote for gastric disturbances (Lumholtz, ...
E.J. Hoffman, 2007
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Shrubs of the Great Basin: A Natural History
Greasewood, in common with many other alkali- inhabiting shrubs, has the ability to alter the surface layers of soil in its immediate vicinity, probably the result of the accumulation of salt in the leaves and its deposition on the soil surface when ...
Hugh Nelson Mozingo, 1987
3
Greasewood Creek
Written with the precision of Cynthia Ozick and the blunt passion of Alice Munro, this riveting story takes place on a landscape--the deserts of Eastern Oregon--itself a deeply important character in this remarkable first novel.
Pamela Steele, 2011
4
Desert Wild Flowers
CATERPILLAR GREASEWOOD, BLACK GREASEWOOD, BIG GREASEWOOD, TRUE GREASEWOOD. Sarcobatus vermicu- latus (Gr., flesh thicket; L., wormy). Caterpillar greasewood is one of the most conspicuous and widely distributed of  ...
Edmund Carroll Jaeger, 1940
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A Floristic Survey of the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge ...
Western yarrow. Greasewood/grassland upland. Dry drainage ditch. [73 B, 295 B, 350 B] Agoseris glauca (Pursh) Rafinesque. Pale agoseris. Greasewood/ grassland upland. Irrigation ditch. [468 B] Almutaster pauciflorus (Nuttall) Löve & Löve.
Bethany Lynn Lewis, 2008
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The National gazetteer of the United States of America: ...
... House Canyon Greasewood Greasewood See Upper Greasewood Tradin9 Post Greasewood Flat Greasewood Lake Greasewood Mountain Greasewood Place Greasewood Sprin9 Oewo9ibito 0uwuz libito Greasewood Tank Greasewood ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), United States Board on Geographic Names, 1987
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Northern Paiute–Bannock Dictionary
+n. greasewood water [Tonopah]. SF:01. Var 4: WR=t0n0baa [tonoBa.] Greasewood spring. BH/JW. [SLN] See also: paa (water); tonobi (big greasewood ); tonobipui (greasewood berries). tonobi [tono.Bi] F:WG. 11. big greasewood ( Sarcobatus ...
‎2012
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Plants as indicators of ground water
In some places the big greasewood spreads meagerly to upland tracts that are wetted by storm waters, but it should not be confused with the little greasewood ( Sarcobatus baileyi), which is not at all a ground-water plant. The little greasewood ...
Oscar Edward Meinzer, 1927
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United States Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
Desert. To the above figures are added separate determinations made for the Sevier Lake playa, greasewood in the Old River Bed, and saltcedar. Application of rates of water use from another area During 1925—27, White (1932) investigated ...
‎1950
10
Livestock-Poisoning Plants of California
Greasewood is a shrub 2 to 6 feet tall with densely interlocking stiff, spiny, white- barked branches. Leaves are 1⁄2 to 2 inches long, bright green, strap-shaped, and somewhat fleshy. The greenish flowers are small and inconspicuous and give ...
L. Forero, G. Nader, et al.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREASEWOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term greasewood is used in the context of the following news items.
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BLM uses Boise seed warehouse to try to prevent fires
We have Greasewood. We have Kosha," Roller says. Though the BLM just added an even bigger facility in Nevada to help store and ship even ... «KTVB, Jul 15»
2
Benevilla invites community to watch White House event
The event will be at Benevilla's Surprise location at 16752 N. Greasewood St. For reservations to the viewing event, call 623-584-4999. Spaces ... «YourWestValley.com, Jul 15»
3
Librarian talks books at Benevilla event
Benevilla will showcase books at its next Art Vibe series, scheduled from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Birt's Bistro, 16752 N. Greasewood St. in ... «YourWestValley.com, Jul 15»
4
African rhythms hit right beat in Surprise
... Thursday at Birt's Bistro on the Benevilla campus at the Hellen & John M. Jacobs Independence Plaza, 16752 N. Greasewood St., Surprise. «YourWestValley.com, Jul 15»
5
Traffic light out at Greasewood and Starr Pass
Traffic alert for commuters on the west side this morning. The traffic lights are out at the intersection of Greasewood and Starr Pass Boulevard. «Tucson News Now, Jul 15»
6
Lots of road restrictions for the holiday weekend
It should reopen about one hour after the end of the fireworks show. Drivers can use Speedway Boulevard or Greasewood Road as alternates. «Tucson News Now, Jul 15»
7
Tucsonans filing insurance claims following hail storm
Iliana Segura lives near Greasewood and Starr Pass on the westside. Segura's mustang had been damaged from the storm. Her roof was also damaged. «KVOA Tucson News, Jul 15»
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Tornado warning issued for first time since 2011
Damaged vehicles were also reported near Starr Pass Boulevard and Greasewood Road. In addition to the hail, portions of heavy rain were ... «KVOA Tucson News, Jun 15»
9
A monsoon storm in the palm of your hand
Everyone, seemingly, likes the aroma of the creosote bush, sometimes called greasewood or chaparral. “I wish I could bottle the smell,” says ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jun 15»
10
Teresa Bia Salabiye
Burial at the family plot in Tsezhin'setle'e (Wet Mesa/Greasewood ... a celebration of her life was held at Greasewood Springs Chapter House. «AzJournal.com, Jun 15»

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