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Sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata; sometimes applied to rabbit brush, Chrysothamnus spp. They used to drink sagebrush tea for a cold. Sage was also burnt as insense (mostly by the Walla Wallas and at Priest Rapids). áwna áwaqitša tawšáan płɨ́x̣ay ‘now we are looking for sagebrush for medicine’ (sagebrush was used as a cold medicine). [NP /qmqm/ ‘sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata); gray rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus)’.]