A thorny desert shrub with grayish foliage, also called creosote bush, found in southwestern North America.
From Paiute origin, the word entered English in the 19th century to describe native desert plants. The exact etymology is debated among linguists, but it likely relates to indigenous plant names from the Great Basin region.
Burbush is so drought-resistant that it can live for hundreds of years in the harsh desert—some creosote bushes in the Mojave are over 9,000 years old, making them among the oldest living organisms on Earth!
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