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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

A low irregular shrub (

Artemisia tridentata

), of the order

Compositae

, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; – called also

sagebush

, and

wild sage

See also: sage brush

sagebrush ‎(plural sagebrushes)

Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.