sagebrush

/ˌseɪdʒˈbrʌʃ/

Other forms: sagebrushes

Definitions of sagebrush

1. noun

   any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium
   synonyms: sage brush

   types:

   Artemisia californica, California sage, California sagebrush

   low ashy-grey California shrub

   Artemisia filifolia, sand sage, silvery wormwood

   silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands

   Artemis spinescens, bud brush, bud sagebrush

   a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States

   Artemisia cana, Seriphidium canum, gray sage, grey sage, silver sage, silver sagebrush

   low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant

   Artemisia tridentata, Seriphidium tridentatum, big sagebrush, blue sage

   aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves

   type of:

   subshrub, suffrutex

   low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base