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wild sage

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

WordNet
wild sage

n. Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena; naturalized in United States [syn: wild clary, vervain sage, Salvia verbenaca]

Wikipedia
Wild sage

Wild sage is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

  • Lantana camara—Spanish flag
  • Salvia, a genus of plants commonly called "sage"
    • Salvia verbenaca—Clary sage
    • Salvia urticifolia—Nettleaf sage
  • Artemisia, a genus of plants including some called "sage" or "sagebrush"

Usage examples of "wild sage".

But, as she stood with one hand on either side of the rock archway, she felt a faint, obscure vibration in the rock, and on the chill, stale air was the trace of a scent that did not belong there: the smell of the wild sage that grew on the desert hills, overhead, under the open sky.

He had jumped his horse over the Gerber Wash, a deep, wide ravine separating the fields of Glaze from the wild sage.

There was loneliness then, and for a while the smell of kelp, not very strong, and the smell of wild sage dripping down the dark slopes much stronger.

The pungent-smelling herb was the wild sage, now celebrated in stories of adventure as the sage-brush.

On the seventh day she gathered a few handfuls of watercress and wild sage, the first edible plants she had seen.

There was loneliness and the smell of kelp and the smell of wild sage from the hills.

The morning heat brought the smell of wild sage up from the canyon.

The scent of myrtle and wild sage gave the night a bracing flavor.

Angus had stuffed it with wild sage and roasted it in its feathers.