sagebrush
See also: sage brush
English
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editEtymology
editFrom sage + brush, from resemblance in odor and appearance to Salvia officinalis.
Pronunciation
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sagebrush (plural sagebrushes)
- Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.
Derived terms
edit- alpine sagebrush (Artemisia scopulorum)
- African sagebrush (Artemisia afra)
- Basin sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
- big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
- Bigelow sagebrush (Artemisia bigelovii)
- birdfoot sagebrush (Artemisia pedatifida)
- black sagebrush (Artemisia nova, Artemisia arbuscula)
- blue sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
- boreal sagebrush (Artemisia arctica)
- budsage (Artemisia spinescens)
- California sagebrush (Artemisia californica)
- Carruth's sagebrush (Artemisia carruthii)
- coastal sagebrush (Artemisia californica)
- dwarf sagebrush (Artemisia scopulorum)
- fringed sagebrush (Artemisia frigida)
- gray sagewort (Artemisia ludoviciana)
- Great Basin sagebrush
- island sagebrush (Artemisia nesiotica)
- little sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula)
- longleaf sagebrush (Artemisia longifolia)
- low sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula)
- Michaux sagebrush (Artemisia michauxiana)
- Owyhee sagebrush (Artemisia papposa)
- prairie sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana)
- pygmy sagebrush (Artemisia pygmaea)
- ragweed sagebrush (Artemisia franserioides)
- sagebrusher
- sagebrush sparrow
- sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia)
- scabland sagebrush (Artemisia rigida)
- silver sagebrush (Artemisia cana)
- Succor Creek sagebrush (Artemisia packardiae)
- timberline sagebrush (Artemisia rothrockii)
- threetip sagebrush (Artemisia tripartita)
- white sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana)