English > sagebrush: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium. |
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Synonym | sage brush |
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Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
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Narrower | California sagebrush, California sage, Artemisia californica | Low ashy-grey California shrub |
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big sagebrush, blue sage, Seriphidium tridentatum, Artemisia tridentata | aromatic shrub of arid regions / regions of western North America having hoary leaves |
bud brush, bud sagebrush, Artemis spinescens | A perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States |
sand sage, silvery wormwood, Artemisia filifolia | silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico |
silver sage, silver sagebrush, grey sage, gray sage, Seriphidium canum, Artemisia cana | Low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves |
Broader | subshrub, suffrutex | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base |
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