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sagewort

sagewort noun: any of a number of perennial herbs in the genus Artemisia which have the aromatic gray or silver foliage of the sagebrushes, but are not shrubby enough to be termed brush.

Noun

sagewort (usually uncountable, plural sageworts)

  1. (usually) Any of a number of perennial herbs in the genus Artemisia which have the aromatic gray or silver foliage of the sagebrushes, but are not shrubby enough to be termed brush.

Forms of sagewort

pluralsageworts

Origin of sagewort

From sage + wort.

Questions about sagewort

What does sagewort mean?
Sagewort means any of a number of perennial herbs in the genus Artemisia which have the aromatic gray or silver foliage of the sagebrushes, but are not shrubby enough to be termed brush.
What part of speech is sagewort?
Sagewort is a noun.
What is the plural of sagewort?
The plural of sagewort is sageworts.

Words near sagewort in the dictionary

  1. sagesse
  2. sagest
  3. sageuk
  4. sagewood
  5. sagewoods
  6. sagewort
  7. sageworts
  8. sagey
  9. sagflation
  10. sagflations
  11. saggar

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