creosote : Idioms & Phrases

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Coal-tar creosote

  • noun a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood
    creosote.
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  • (Chem.), a colorless or yellow, oily liquid, obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and resembling wood-tar oil, or creosote proper, in composition and properties.
Webster 1913

creosote bush

  • noun desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers
    hediondilla; Larrea tridentata; coville.
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