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Creosote Bush

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Noun

1. coville, creosote bush, hediondilla, larrea tridentata

desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Creosote Bush

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noun
a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
. Also called: greasewood

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Creosote Bush

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an evergreen shrub (Larrea divaricata) of the caltrop family with a pungent odor like that of creosote, found in N Mexico and the SW U.S.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Creosote Bush

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n.
A resinous evergreen shrub (Larrea tridentata), having yellow flowers and aromatic foliage, native to the deserts of the southwest United States and Mexico.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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