big sagebrush

1. 1.

   aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves

   Synonymsblue sageSeriphidium tridentatumArtemisia tridentata

   Broadersagebrush

   Part ofSeriphidium

Questions about big sagebrush

What does big sagebrush mean?

big sagebrush means "aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves".

What is another word for big sagebrush?

Close synonyms include blue sage, Seriphidium tridentatum, Artemisia tridentata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is big sagebrush a common word?

big sagebrush is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.