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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Deep in the sagebrush steppe of southeast Idaho on December 20, 1951, a team of nuclear physicists gathered around four 200-watt lightbulbs dangling from a slack wire.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Just past his backyard fence, gray billows of smoke filled the sky above the ridgeline and flames could be seen chewing through sagebrush just a couple miles away.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Most of the plants growing at the nursery will be planted on the structure next year: native shrubs such as white sage, California fuchsia, California buckwheat, sagebrush, purple sage, black sage, toyon and laurel sumac, along with a variety of native grasses.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Some major players are California sagebrush (Artemisia californica), black sage (Salvia mellifera), white sage (Salvia apiana), and California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum).
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Just past his backyard fence, gray billows of smoke filled the sky above the ridgeline and flames could be seen chewing through sagebrush just a couple miles away.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Most of the plants growing at the nursery will be planted on the structure next year: native shrubs such as white sage, California fuchsia, California buckwheat, sagebrush, purple sage, black sage, toyon and laurel sumac, along with a variety of native grasses.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Some major players are California sagebrush (Artemisia californica), black sage (Salvia mellifera), white sage (Salvia apiana), and California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum).
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 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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