sagebrush

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sage·brush

noun \ˈsāj-ˌbrəsh\

Definition of SAGEBRUSH

: any of several North American hoary composite subshrubs (genus Artemisia); especially : one (A. tridentata) having a bitter juice and an odor resembling sage and often covering vast tracts of alkaline plains in the western United States

First Known Use of SAGEBRUSH

1850

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