noun
- a shrub with small scale-like leaves that grows in alkaline soils of western North America
Usage: botany
Examples
- The desert landscape was dotted with greasewood and sagebrush.
- Greasewood thrives in the salty soils where few other plants can survive.
- The rancher noticed that cattle avoided grazing near the greasewood.
- After the rain, the greasewood’s tiny yellow flowers began to bloom.
- The botanist identified several species of greasewood in the alkaline flats.
- Greasewood provides important habitat for desert wildlife.