scarlet sage

American  

noun

1. a tender shrub, Salvia splendens, of Brazil, having ovate leaves and bell-shaped scarlet flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of scarlet sage

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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scarlet sage

"Do you want these?" he inquired, holding up a bouquet of dahlias, scarlet sage, and purple petunias, and thinking of only one answer as possible.

From Different Girls by Various

It was the day of her miracle, and against the splendour of the scarlet sage, she shone with an unforgettable radiance.

From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

Upright flowering plants,--Abutilons, browallias, calceolaria "Lincoln Park," begonias, bouvardias, euphorbias, scarlet sage, richardia or calla, heliotropes, fuchsias, Chinese hibiscus, jasmines, single petunias, swainsona, billbergia, freesias, geraniums, eupheas.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

Salvia, or scarlet sage, looks well in wide borders, or near the underpinning of the house.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy

The town does look different up here, but the Peytons' house is just as you remember it—even the scarlet sage is in the garden.

From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson