Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Chico \Chi"co\, n.
1. Var. of {Chica}.
2. The common greasewood of the western United States
({Sarcobatus vermiculatus}).
3. In the Philippines, the sapodilla or its fruit; also, the
marmalade tree or its fruit.
Grease \Grease\ (gr[=e]s), n. [OE. grese, grece, F. graisse;
akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross,
L. crassus. Cf. {Crass}.]
1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft
state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
2. (Far.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the
ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing
dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration,
and fungous excrescences.
{Grease bush}. (Bot.) Same as {Grease wood} (below).
{Grease moth} (Zo["o]l.), a pyralid moth ({Aglossa
pinguinalis}) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc.
{Grease wood} (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat
prickly shrub ({Sarcobatus vermiculatus}) of the Spinach
family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper
Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other
plants of the same family, as several species of
{Atriplex} and {Obione}.
Source : WordNet®
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
n : low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils
of western America [syn: {greasewood}, {black greasewood}]