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black sage

American  

noun

  1. a shrubby Californian plant, Salvia mellifera, of the mint family, having an interrupted spike of lavender-blue or white flowers.


Etymology

Origin of black sage

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

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In their online metaphysical shop Quiiroi, Kitha sells bundles of rosemary, cedar and black sage, as well as mugwort, although they are sold out of that at the moment.

From Washington Post Jan. 13, 2023

Woolly bluecurls plants tend to live only a few years, while black sage seems to thrive in dry, sunny and even rocky terrain.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2022

The View comes in active black, sage green, and lavender dream, while the Charge 5 is available in steel blue / platinum, black / graphite, and lunar white / gold.

From The Verge Oct. 13, 2021

Along with matsutake and chagga mushrooms, the root beer kombucha has sassafras, molasses and a black sage honey.

From Seattle Times May 25, 2021

The wind sighed, and rose steadily, to sweep over him with breath of ice, with the fragrance of juniper and black sage and a tang of cedar.

From Heritage of the Desert by Grey, Zane

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