sagebrush
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- noun
- /ˈseɪdʒˌbrʌʃ/
- US
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salvia
- The sobs tried to choke her as she vaulted over low sagebrush and crunched the crusted snow underfoot.
- sagebrush-dominated
- sagebrush-dominated scenario
- sagebrush-dominated catchment
So yeah, there's dust and dirt and traffic and junk, but it's polluting the sagebrush in that pen environment thing.
- So yeah, there's dust and dirt and traffic and junk, but it's polluting the sagebrush in that pen environment thing.
Examples
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No tree was to be seen, but in places, the sagebrush grew almost as high as lilac bushes.
Fiction book (1992) -
The strong aroma of sagebrush wafted through the air as we walked through the dry plains.
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Here, I get to ride a horse through sagebrush?
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Just some sagebrush and a few covered wagons.
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Gallop madly over the sagebrush.
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Then Rimmer found a freshly broken piece of sagebrush, covered in dust.
Fiction book (1998) -
The barns are all fallin' down and the sagebrush is stickin' up through the porch.
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The car rumbles and shoots straight through burned-out sagebrush and over the tarmac.
Fiction book (1999) -
The desert landscape was dotted with patches of sagebrush, offering shelter to various wildlife.
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During our hike, we admired the beautiful sagebrush that filled the arid valleys of the region.
Synonyms
A group of scented shrubs and herbs like wormwood or tarragon
Compounds
- Specialized
A large shrub with a strong smell and silvery grey leaves that grows in dry parts of western North America
A low grey bush that grows near the coast and smells strong when you touch its leaves
A wild flower with one to three pale purple flowers on tall stems in dry hills
A small wild flower with shiny yellow petals that blooms early near sagebrush
A small ground lizard that lives in open sagebrush areas in the western United States
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sagebrush comes from the herb sage, because the plant smells like sage, and from brush meaning 'small bush'. So it is a bush with a strong sage-like scent.