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sar·cob·a·tus
\särˈkäbəd.əs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from sarc- + Greek batos prickly bush
: a small genus of branching spiny shrubs (family Chenopodiaceae) that are found on alkali plains and deserts of the western United States and have monoecious flowers of which the staminate are borne in aments while the pistillate are solitary and winged fruits containing a single seed — see greasewood 1 |