sagebrush

[ seyj-bruhsh ]

/ ˈseɪdʒˌbrʌʃ /

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noun

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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Origin of sagebrush

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; sage² + brush²

Words nearby sagebrush

sagamore, Sagan, Sagarmatha, sag bag, sage, sagebrush, sage cock, sage Derby, sage green, sage grouse, sage hen

How to use sagebrush in a sentence

As 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 Chapman
She liked to turn off the road and gallop across the trackless ways, sometimes frightening rabbits and coyotes from the sagebrush.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman
The 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 Lyman

They 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. Brasher
Then 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

sagebrush

/ (ˈseɪdʒˌbrʌʃ) /

noun

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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