Sagebrush Definition

sājbrŭsh
noun
Any of a number of plants (genus Artemisia) of the composite family, common in the dry, alkaline areas of the W U.S.; esp., the big sagebrush (A. tridentata), with small, aromatic leaves and minute flower heads, important as a forage plant.
Webster's New World
An area dominated by sagebrush.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • sage-brush

Other Word Forms of Sagebrush

Noun

Singular:
sagebrush
Plural:
sagebrushes

Origin of Sagebrush

  • sage +"Ž brush, from resemblance in odor and appearance to Salvia officinalis.

    From Wiktionary

Sagebrush Sentence Examples

  • The sagebrush, artemisia, is characteristic of the desert areas.

  • It comes in colors such as terra cotta, blue, rawhide, charcoal, sagebrush, timber, lodge red, otter, deep chestnut.

  • The Columbia plain is for the most part treeless and, except where irrigated, grows principally bunch-grass or, in its lower and more arid parts, sagebrush.

  • The sagebrush flats are usually alive with various sparrows along with Sage Thrasher.

  • It is available in a wide range of colors such as grain, deep chestnut, olive, steel blue, stone, copper, sagebrush, charcoal.

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Words Starting With

SSASAG

Words Ending With

HSHUSH

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