different between sagebrush vs tumbleweed

English

Alternative forms

• sage brush

Etymology

sage +? brush, from resemblance in odor and appearance to Salvia officinalis.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?se?d???b???/

Noun

sagebrush (plural sagebrushes)

1. Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.

Derived terms

• alpine sagebrush (Artemisia scopulorum)
• African sagebrush (Artemisia afra)
• Basin sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
• big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
• Bigelow sagebrush (Artemisia bigelovii)
• birdfoot sagebrush (Artemisia pedatifida)
• black sagebrush (Artemisia nova, Artemisia arbuscula)
• blue sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
• boreal sagebrush (Artemisia arctica)
• budsage (Artemisia spinescens)
• California sagebrush (Artemisia californica)
• Carruth's sagebrush (Artemisia carruthii)
• coastal sagebrush (Artemisia californica)
• dwarf sagebrush (Artemisia scopulorum)
• fringed sagebrush (Artemisia frigida)
• gray sagewort (Artemisia ludoviciana)
• island sagebrush (Artemisia nesiotica)
• little sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula)
• longleaf sagebrush (Artemisia longifolia)
• low sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula)
• Michaux sagebrush (Artemisia michauxiana)
• Owyhee sagebrush (Artemisia papposa)
• prairie sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana)
• pygmy sagebrush (Artemisia pygmaea)
• ragweed sagebrush (Artemisia franserioides)
• sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia)
• scabland sagebrush (Artemisia rigida)
• silver sagebrush (Artemisia cana)
• Succor Creek sagebrush (Artemisia packardiae)
• timberline sagebrush (Artemisia rothrockii)
• threetip sagebrush (Artemisia tripartita)
• white sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana)

Translations

English

Etymology

tumble +? weed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?mb?lwi?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?mb?l?wid/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Noun

tumbleweed (countable and uncountable, plural tumbleweeds)

1. Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amaranthus albus, etc.
2. (attributive) Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
3. A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.

Derived terms

• tumbleweed moment

Translations

Further reading

• tumbleweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia