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Definition of Sagebrushes
1. sagebrush [n] - See also: sagebrush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sagebrushes
Literary usage of Sagebrushes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"... rainfall has enabled the mixed prairie to hold its own in a large measure and
to adopt the low sagebrushes into the community as shrubby societies. ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"... and sagebrushes (Artemisia) and the feverfew (Pyrethrum). A species of the
latter genus yields buhach, or Persian insect powder. ..."
3. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"... cholla, prickly pear cactus, sagebrushes, and less desirable grasses to spread
and increase on pristine grasslands. The exotic Russian thistle and ..."
4. Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians by Robert Harry Lowie (1918)
"He told him to get four sagebrushes. He brought them to his father. He had lots
of feathers which he carried on his back. He took his brother and made him ..."
5. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"... and Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) as the shrub component.
Antelope bitterbrush, the sagebrushes, ..."
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