winterfat

Etymology

From winter + fat, so called because it provides range food for grazing livestock in the winter when very little grows.

winterfat means any of the shrubs of genus Krascheninnikovia in the goosefoot family, especially Krascheninnikovia lanata. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

Any of the shrubs of genus Krascheninnikovia in the goosefoot family, especially Krascheninnikovia lanata.“Winterfat, as the name implies, is chiefly valuable on winter ranges, where it often furnishes an abundance of palatable and nutritious forage highly fattening to sheep and cattle.”