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 U.S.
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The ground and most the sagebrush that the pygmy rabbits rely on were charred black.
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The metallic-looking, lightweight fabric was scattered, shredded across the gravel and sagebrush of the New Mexico desert.
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At 6 a.m. on Tuesday the type 2 Rocky Mountain Area Incident Management Team Black assumed control of the fire, which is burning in sagebrush, pinyon juniper and cheat grass.
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The grayscale canyon suddenly transformed into a rainbow of color: deep blue hues on the John Day River, dark reds of the canyon walls, a golden brown blanket of high desert steppe, and the otherworldly green of fresh spring sagebrush.
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Set out from the parking area along a wide trail that cuts through sweet-smelling sagebrush.
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The landscape mirrors the American Southwest — all buttes and sagebrush.
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Good pay for skilled labor is the culture here in Colstrip, a town surrounded by sagebrush that sprung to life in 1924 to provide coal for the locomotives of the Northern Pacific Railway.
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First Known Use of sagebrush
1850
SAGEBRUSH Defined for English Language Learners
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: a small plant that has leaves with a strong smell and that grows in dry areas of the western U.S.
SAGEBRUSH Defined for Kids
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: a plant of the western United States that grows as a low shrub and has a bitter juice and strong smell
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