bitterbrush

American  

[bit-er-bruhsh] / ˈbɪt ərˌbrʌʃ /

noun

1. an evergreen shrub, Purshia tridentata, of western North America, having bitter three-toothed leaves and yellow flowers, valuable for forage.

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Example Sentences

Alauna Grant, a member of the Karuk Tribe and the crew leader, slowly circles a scraggly 2-meter-tall antelope bitterbrush, deftly plucking tiny seeds no bigger than grains of wheat.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2023

The surrounding mountainous terrain held a variety of vegetation from sage to bitterbrush, making the North Cascades an ideal testing ground for this newfangled idea.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023

Wind whipped through bitterbrush, competing with the sound of sparrow and meadowlark birdsong.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Stutler added that the bitterbrush provides a buffer between roadways and Sunriver’s more than 30 miles of paved bike trails, reducing the possibility of collisions.

From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2018

However, this is not the only factor, as is shown by the presence of P. maniculatus but lack of P. truei in a juniper-pinyon association with an understory of bitterbrush.

From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.