How to Use creosote bush in a Sentence

creosote bush

noun

• That's thanks to a certain desert plant, the creosote bush.
  — Katie O'Connell, The Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2020
• Yet desert woodrats that live in the creosote bush's range can eat it without any trouble.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2014
• Thunder silenced the cicadas, and the humid air was filled with the spicy-citrus scent of the creosote bush.
  — New York Times, 4 July 2022
• The pronghorn on Cabeza Prieta are confined to an island of cactus, mesquite and creosote bush.
  — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2014
• And a lucky glimpse of their bushy tail skimming over cactuses and creosote bushes is fleeting.
  — Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
• Stately hardwood trees give way to squat shrubs, verdant cornfields to brown wheat and lush grasslands to cacti and creosote bush.
  — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 27 Apr. 2018
• Around us drifted aromas of creosote bush, ponderosa pine, and Douglas fir.
  — Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2021
• Collect rosemary lavender, some leaves and branches from a citrus tree, pine branches or something from a creosote bush, and tie it with twine.
  — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
• At a creosote bush — a -tu-kul in the Cahuilla language — Castro explained how families would boil the leaves to make tea, often sweetened with honey.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
• At a creosote bush — a-tu-kul in the Cahuilla language — Castro explained how families would boil the leaves to make tea, often sweetened with honey.
  — Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• The area is part of an arid empire of Joshua trees, cactus, bobcats, tortoises and kangaroo rats hemmed by steep slopes, dry lakes and arroyos fringed with creosote bush.
  — Louis Sahagun, latimes.com, 10 Feb. 2018
• Simply named the Slot, the narrow silt-stone canyon in Anza-Borrego is the place to squeeze, duck and maneuver through the geological ravine, which houses creosote bush and cholla cactus.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• To wit: after dark, the fragrance of night-blooming cereus and evening primrose dance with the aromas of acacia, creosote bush, mesquite, and chia to create the most inebriating olfactory cocktail.
  — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020
• There was just a sliver of moon that night, and in the video, their flashlights barely penetrate a ghostly landscape of outdoor furniture, creosote bushes, and cactuses.
  — Jack Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• Overgrazing degraded the rangelands, and mesquite and creosote bushes crowded out native grasses.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Conservationists see its acres of creosote bush and cholla cactus as a rare habitat for tortoises, pronghorn antelope and an elusive variety of mule deer.
  — Louis Sahagun, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Towering saguaro cactuses are collapsing from the heat, and the agaves, creosote bushes and stubby barrel cactuses that spangle highways are turning yellow.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 31 July 2023

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