sagebrush

[ seyj-bruhsh ]

/ ˈseɪdʒˌbrʌʃ /

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

sage green, sage grouse, sage hen, sage sparrow, sage thrasher, sagebrush, sagenite, saggar, sagger, sagging moment, saggy

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Example sentences from the Web for sagebrush

The largest objects within a quarter of a mile were a few stunted bunches of sagebrush.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
They stepped out from among the ruins of their sagebrush booth upon a patch of hard, bare earth close to the railroad track.
Deserted|Edward Bellamy
Stretches of sagebrush desert reached in every direction from it.
Added Upon|Nephi Anderson
A half hour here would sustain them against the three miles of sagebrush beyond.
Virginia of Elk Creek Valley|Mary Ellen Chase

The Queres smell of the earth in which they dig and house, but the Diné smelled of himself and the smoke of sagebrush.
The Trail Book|Mary Austin

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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