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SAGE BRUSH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium
Synonyms:
sage brush; sagebrush
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sage brush" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sage brush"):
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 ("sage brush" 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)
