greasewood

grease·wood

G0246700 (grēs′wo͝od′)n. A spiny shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of western North America, having small alternate leaves, white stems, and small greenish flowers.

greasewood

(ˈɡriːsˌwʊd) or

greasebush

n1. (Plants) Also called: chico a spiny chenopodiaceous shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus of W North America, that yields an oil used as a fuel2. (Plants) any of various similar or related plants, such as the creosote bush

grease•wood

(ˈgrisˌwʊd)

n. 1. a shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, of the goosefoot family, growing in the arid western U.S. 2. any of various similar shrubs. 3. Western U.S. mesquite. [1830–40, Amer.]

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greasewood - low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western Americablack greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatusgenus Sarcobatus, Sarcobatus - one species: greasewoodbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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greasewood:

see goosefootgoosefoot,
common name for the genus Chenopodium, as well as for the goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, a family of widely distributed shrubs and herbs that includes the beet, spinach, and mangel-wurzel.
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greasewood

[′grēs‚wu̇d] (botany) Any plant of the genus Sarcobatus, especially S. vermiculatus, which is a low shrub that grows in alkali soils of the western United States.

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chaparral

Alternative oncology
A drought-adapted evergreen, the major component of which is nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), which may be used to treat GI tumours, leukaemia and brain gliomas.
Herbal medicine
Chaparral was once used by Native American herbalists as an antiarthritic and antitussive (effects that have not been confirmed by modern herbalists), for diarrhoea and other GI complaints, and topically for wounds.

Toxicity
Chaparral causes cramping, nausea and vomiting.

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noun low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America

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