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Sarcobatus

noun

one species: greasewood

• Syn: ↑genus Sarcobatus

• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chenopodiaceae, ↑family Chenopodiaceae, ↑goosefoot family

• Member Meronyms: ↑greasewood, ↑black greasewood, ↑Sarcobatus vermiculatus

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\\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

Useful english dictionary. 2012.