Lexic.us

Definition of Sand sage

1. Noun. Silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Sage

Literary usage of Sand sage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"The presence of a luxuriant growth of sand sage (PI. V, fig. 2) with short grasses forming a close mat between the bushes also indicates conditions which ..."

2. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1882)
"The stage road runs through an arid alkali desert, with nothing tt> see but sand, sage brush, and *' side-winders," ..."

3. The Biography of Elder James M. Neff: And His Writings by James Monroe Neff, Florence Neff (1913)
"The following day we drive through sand,—sand, sage brush and sunflowers,—as we approach the Cim- arron river. And what a river it is! ..."

4. Papers by W. J. H. Harris, Caleb Cushing, Charles Dewey Day, Elwood Evans, United States, Great Britain (1868)
"Sand, sage, and greasewood is about all.—(US Ev., pt. 1, p. 67.) Don't think the land would be worth anything for agricultural purposes.—(p. 67. ..."

5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"The presence of a luxuriant growth of sand sage (PI. V, fig. 2) with short grasses forming a close mat between the bushes also indicates conditions which ..."

6. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1882)
"The stage road runs through an arid alkali desert, with nothing tt> see but sand, sage brush, and *' side-winders," ..."

7. The Biography of Elder James M. Neff: And His Writings by James Monroe Neff, Florence Neff (1913)
"The following day we drive through sand,—sand, sage brush and sunflowers,—as we approach the Cim- arron river. And what a river it is! ..."

8. Papers by W. J. H. Harris, Caleb Cushing, Charles Dewey Day, Elwood Evans, United States, Great Britain (1868)
"Sand, sage, and greasewood is about all.—(US Ev., pt. 1, p. 67.) Don't think the land would be worth anything for agricultural purposes.—(p. 67. ..."

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