salvia

[ sal-vee-uh ]

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noun

any plant of the genus Salvia, comprising the sages, having opposite leaves and whorled flowers.

salvia

/ ˈsælvɪə /

any herbaceous plant or small shrub of the genus Salvia, such as the sage, grown for their medicinal or culinary properties or for ornament: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

Origin of salvia¹

1835–45; < New Latin, Latin: sage

Origin of salvia¹

C19: from Latin: sage ²

For example, grandfather drank something from a glass, salvia got in, this glass was somehow later used by an athlete.

From Time

When these have faded, the Salvia plants are set out in the same bed, without disturbing the bulbs.

They prefer the most gorgeous reds and scarlets, such as that of Salvia horminum, Lobelia cardinalis, and the like.

Salvia, sal′vi-a, n. a large genus of gamopetalous Labiate plants, including the sage.

Sage (Salvia officinalis), strange curved stamen, 119;nature's arrangement, 112.

Scarlet-flowered curtains hung at the windows, echoing the vivid note of scarlet salvia in bloom on the sills.

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