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GENUS SARCOBATUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species: greasewood

Synonyms:

genus Sarcobatus; Sarcobatus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Sarcobatus" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sarcobatus"):

black greasewood; greasewood; Sarcobatus vermiculatus (low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America)

Holonyms ("genus Sarcobatus" is a member of...):

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)

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