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Creosote (glossary)

5 books mention “Creosote”.


  1. The Twilight Saga: Book 1

    Twilight

    by Stephenie Meyer

    Creosote: Flowering bush common in the deserts of the West

  2. The Winding Road: Book 1

    The Wild Orchid

    by Sigrid Undset

    Creosote: A flammable, tar-like substance caused by unburned wood particulates mixing with moisture.

  3. Tell Me Lies

    by Jennifer Crusie

    Creosote: Creosote is the portion of chemical products obtained by the distillation of a tar that remains...

  4. The Calcutta Chromosome

    A Novel of Fevers, Delirium & Discovery

    by Amitav Ghosh

    Creosote: a dark brown oil obtained from coal tar, used as wooden presevative

  5. Tropic of Cancer

    by Henry Miller

    Creosote: a possible reference to wood creosote, a yellowish liquid used as a disinfectant


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