creosote bush

English

Etymology

Named for its smell, which resembles that of creosote.

Noun

creosote bush (countable and uncountable, plural creosote bushes)

1. A common North American desert shrub used as a medicinal herb, Larrea tridentata.

   Synonyms: creosote, greasewood, chaparral

Translations

creosote bush

• Arabic: حشيشة الشحم
• Cahuilla: 'átukul
• Catalan: governadora f
• Dutch: kreosootstruik m
• Finnish: kreosoottipensas (fi)
• French: créosotier (fr) m
• German: Kreosotbusch m
• Persian: بوته قطران
• Spanish: gobernadora (es) f, hediondilla (es) f