sage†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a bluish-gray shrubby plant of the genus Artemisia, as A. tridentata, of the arid regions of the West.

Quotations

1857

Here we . . . met with the sage. . . .

1859

I climbed mountains and got covered with wood-ticks as I ploughed through the sage-brush and greasewood. . . .

1953

[He] sat perfectly still . . . staring out across the foothills studded with sage and jackpine. . . .

1963

South of Cariboo lies the Dry Belt, an area of stunted jack-pine, sagebrush, sand and cactus.