sagebrush
any of several sagelike, bushy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. tridentata, having silvery, wedge-shaped leaves, with three teeth at the tip, common on the dry plains of the western U.S.
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The hushed green tones of sagebrush leading up to a coniferous forest along the riverbanks make for a striking foreground for anyone looking to snap an unforgettable shot of the Grand.
They’ll walk through shale rock, wildflowers and junipers, and look over the canyon’s edge where a buck can sometimes be seen running through the sagebrush.
America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick. | by Bernice Yeung, Michael Grabell, Irena Hwang and Mollie Simon | October 29, 2021 | ProPublicaI was walking along a trail in Yellowstone National Park, meditating on mountains, breathing in the scent of pine and sagebrush, when a llama sneezed in my ear.
‘Llama therapy’ in the wilds of Yellowstone National Park | Mary Winston Nicklin | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostThe willow and sagebrush in the valley helped protect them from the wind and snow of winter blizzards and the “Big River,” or “Boa Ogoi” as the Shoshones called it, had an abundance of fish, plus the area was rich with wild game.
This was the worst slaughter of Native Americans in U.S. history. Few remember it. | Dana Hedgpeth | September 26, 2021 | Washington PostAs participants decided where to stack rocks to spread water across the dusty sagebrush flat, Zeedyk encouraged them to “read the landscape” and “think like water.”
Simple hand-built structures can help streams survive wildfires and drought | Brianna Randall | March 26, 2021 | Science News
Gray clumps of sagebrush stood forth like little islands in the sea of grass.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanShe liked to turn off the road and gallop across the trackless ways, sometimes frightening rabbits and coyotes from the sagebrush.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanThe wide fields were covered with sagebrush or bunchgrass and there were no railroads.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2) | William Denison LymanThey are found in abundance on the dry sagebrush covered plains about the Rocky Mountains and to the westward.
Western Bird Guide | Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed, Harry F. Harvey, and Rex I. BrasherThen a distant bunch of sagebrush transformed itself into another moving form, and two coyotes trotted into the scene.
Watched by Wild Animals | Enos A. Mills
British Dictionary definitions for sagebrush
/ (ˈseɪdʒˌbrʌʃ) /
any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia, esp A. tridentata, a shrub of W North America, having silver-green leaves and large clusters of small white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
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