artemisia tridentata

3 definitions found

artemisia tridentata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sagebrush \Sage"brush`\, n.
     A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order
     Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline
     regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush,
     and wild sage.
     [1913 Webster]

  Artemisia \Ar`te*mi"si*a\ ([aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]zh"[i^]*[.a] or
     [aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]sh"[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. Artemisia, Gr.
     'Artemisi`a.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort,
     southernwood, and wormwood. Of these Artemisia absinthium,
     or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata
     is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.
     [1913 Webster]

artemisia tridentata - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Artemisia tridentata
      n 1: aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America
           having hoary leaves [syn: big sagebrush, blue sage,
           Seriphidium tridentatum, Artemisia tridentata]