sagebrush
noun
sage·brush
ˈsāj-ˌbrəsh 
: 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 U.S.
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On the Valley of Shadows podcast, the two spoke of the smells of sagebrush and cowboy cologne that wafted by when the wind picked up.
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 21 Mar. 2026
Alice pushed through the sagebrush and stepped out of her shoes.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Matt Clark, the familiar character actor who like sagebrush found his way into Westerns including Paul Newman’s The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, John Wayne’s The Cowboys and Clint Eastwood’s The Outlaw Josey Wales, has died.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
Several rows of California sagebrush, California buckwheat, chaparral beard tongue, sticky monkey flower and more sat in their pots, awaiting their new homes in the nearby ground.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 21 Mar. 2026
Alice pushed through the sagebrush and stepped out of her shoes.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Matt Clark, the familiar character actor who like sagebrush found his way into Westerns including Paul Newman’s The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, John Wayne’s The Cowboys and Clint Eastwood’s The Outlaw Josey Wales, has died.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
Several rows of California sagebrush, California buckwheat, chaparral beard tongue, sticky monkey flower and more sat in their pots, awaiting their new homes in the nearby ground.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Sagebrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sagebrush. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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sagebrush
noun
sage·brush
ˈsāj-ˌbrəsh
: any of several low shrubby North American plants related to the daisies
especially
: a common plant with a bitter juice that smells like sage and is widespread on the plains of the western U.S.
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