The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
greasewood, black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus
(noun) low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
greasewood (countable and uncountable, plural greasewoods)
Spiny shrubs containing oil, of the genus Sarcobatus, native to the United States, especially Sarcobatus vermiculatus.
Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves
Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise).
Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)
Glossopetalon spinescens (spiny greasewood, Nevada greasewood).
Gutierrezia (snakeweeds, matchweed).
Larrea tridentata (creosote bush).
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.