sagebrush
pronunciation
How to pronounce sagebrush in British English:
UK [ˈseɪdʒbrʌʃ]
How to pronounce sagebrush in American English:
US ['seɪdʒbrʌʃ]
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- Noun:
- any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium
Word Origin
- sagebrush (n.)
- 1850, from sage (n.1), to which it has no biological affinity, + brush (n.2). Said to be so called for resemblance of its appearance or odor. Sage-brush is very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it but the jackass and his illegitimate child, the mule. ["Mark Twain," "Roughing It"]
Example
- 1. Large grouse of sagebrush regions of north america .
- 2. Crops now grow abundantly in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live .
- 3. Of sagebrush and grassland areas of western united states and canada .
- 4. The sagebrush habitat is typical of this area , and home to mammals such as pronghorn antelope , jackrabbits , cottontails and smaller creatures such as ground squirrels .
- 5. Looking through my lenses , I saw nothing but wildlife viewers , sagebrush , and frosty grass .