red sage

American  

noun

1. a showy, rank-smelling shrub, Lantana camara, of tropical America, having yellow flowers that turn orange or red.

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red sage

And everything was presented in a series of monochromatic groupings: black, flaming red, sage, sulfur and white.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2015

The wild red sage is also their favourite shrub, and they buzz like bees around the blossom of the wallaba-tree. 

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

To make this kind of cheese, bruise the tops of young red sage in a mortar, with some leaves of spinach, and squeeze out the juice.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

To-morrow, when thou risest up, go into thy garden, and get there two leaves of red sage, and one of bloodworte, and put them into a cup of thy small beere.

From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest

A very good receipt for it is given thus: Bruise the tops of fresh young red sage leaves with an equal quantity of spinach leaves and squeeze out the juice.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton