Definitions for greasewood

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greasewood grease·wood

Spelling: [grees-woo d]

IPA: /ˈgrisˌwʊd/

Greasewood is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 506 anagrams from letters in greasewood (adeegoorsw).

Definitions for greasewood

noun

1. a shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, of the amaranth family, growing in alkaline regions of the western U.S., containing a small amount of oil.
2. any of various similar shrubs.
3. white sage (def 1).
4. Western U.S. mesquite.

Origin of greasewood

An Americanism dating back to 1830-40; grease + wood¹

Examples for greasewood

Then he built a small fire of greasewood and made coffee for them both.

Why in this world are you talking about stones and sage and greasewood?

Again Garrett had to search in the salt grass and greasewood.

He came upon it at last wedged against a clump of greasewood.

Cactus and greasewood and mesquite, and for a change mesquite and greasewood and cactus!

Got a bad fall and when I come to I was lying down the hill against some greasewood.

Of course it worked toward the low place where grew the greasewood bush.

I'm hyer, Mr. Mell'ton, or Mr. greasewood—if that's your name.

Only occasionally the top of a grass tuft or a greasewood shivered.

There was no trail, and a road had to be cut through the greasewood and sage brush.