A shrub native to arid parts of Mexico and the western US. Its leaves smell of creosote and when steeped in boiling water they yield an antiseptic lotion.
石炭酸灌木
Larrea tridentata, family Zygophyllaceae
Example sentencesExamples
Black-throated Sparrows use a variety of dry, open, grassy or shrubby habitats, including sagebrush and creosote bush deserts.
In some places even the hardy creosote bushes are withered and dead.
The most common shrubs are creosote bush, ocotillo, and bur sage.
Soil samples were collected from beneath the canopies of creosote bush shrubs and from areas between shrubs in each of the three zones: mound, enriched, and intermound.
A creosote bush can live as long as one hundred years, but the unique propagation method employed by this shrub may arguably extend its life much longer.
Definition of creosote bush in US English:
creosote bush
noun
A shrub native to arid parts of Mexico and the western US. Its leaves smell of creosote and when steeped in boiling water they yield an antiseptic lotion.
石炭酸灌木
Larrea tridentata, family Zygophyllaceae
Example sentencesExamples
Soil samples were collected from beneath the canopies of creosote bush shrubs and from areas between shrubs in each of the three zones: mound, enriched, and intermound.
The most common shrubs are creosote bush, ocotillo, and bur sage.
A creosote bush can live as long as one hundred years, but the unique propagation method employed by this shrub may arguably extend its life much longer.
Black-throated Sparrows use a variety of dry, open, grassy or shrubby habitats, including sagebrush and creosote bush deserts.
In some places even the hardy creosote bushes are withered and dead.