SAGEBRUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sagebrush mean? 

• SAGEBRUSH (noun)
  The noun SAGEBRUSH has 1 sense:

1. any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium

  Familiarity information: SAGEBRUSH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAGEBRUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

sage brush; sagebrush

Hypernyms ("sagebrush" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sagebrush"):

Artemisia californica; California sage; California sagebrush (low ashy-grey California shrub)

Artemisia filifolia; sand sage; silvery wormwood (silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands)

Artemis spinescens; bud brush; bud sagebrush (a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States)

Artemisia cana; gray sage; grey sage; Seriphidium canum; silver sage; silver sagebrush (low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant)

Artemisia tridentata; big sagebrush; blue sage; Seriphidium tridentatum (aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves)

Holonyms ("sagebrush" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)