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SILVER SAGEBRUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver sagebrush mean? 

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

1. low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plantplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SILVER SAGEBRUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Artemisia cana; gray sage; grey sage; Seriphidium canum; silver sage; silver sagebrush

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

sage brush; sagebrush (any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium)

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

genus Seriphidium; Seriphidium (woody plants grown chiefly for their silver or grey and often aromatic foliage; formerly included in the genus Artemisia)


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