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
  • Perhaps you’ll be inspired by local scents, like the smell of creosote bushes, which have an earthy brightness after a light rain.
    — Lucky Benson, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • Some of the area’s perennial creosote bushes died back during a severe drought that hampered the region through 2022.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • It’s turned rainy and cooler in the past couple of days, but the creosote bushes are blooming yellow.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
  • From above, the light of an intransigent sun falls on the creosote bush, the coyotillo, the cat’s claw.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The landscape is vast and rugged, a mish-mash of rock, dirt and creosote bushes, swaths of gray and brown under a deep blue sky.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The sap groove prevents sticky buildup, which is perfect for working on resinous plants like creosote bush, aspen, desert willows, birch, and alder.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024

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