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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Grasses and sagebrush that had previously greened in spring rains dried to a crisp and stayed that way, a perfect buffet of fuel for a blaze to feast on.
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
The body of his ex-girlfriend, Talia Benward, 31, was found Saturday, concealed under sagebrush near a burn pit, according to an arrest document for Rocha-Aguayo, KSL.com reports.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
These traveling electricians are transforming the sagebrush here in central Washington, with substations going up on orchards and farmland.
—Jovelle Tamayo, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Women’s groups around the country began making their choices, and, in the decades that followed, states codified their selections and added others: the sagebrush of Nevada, the Cherokee rose of Georgia, the sego lily of Utah.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
The body of his ex-girlfriend, Talia Benward, 31, was found Saturday, concealed under sagebrush near a burn pit, according to an arrest document for Rocha-Aguayo, KSL.com reports.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
These traveling electricians are transforming the sagebrush here in central Washington, with substations going up on orchards and farmland.
—Jovelle Tamayo, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Women’s groups around the country began making their choices, and, in the decades that followed, states codified their selections and added others: the sagebrush of Nevada, the Cherokee rose of Georgia, the sego lily of Utah.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
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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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