salvia
noun
any plant of the genus Salvia, comprising the sages, having opposite leaves and whorled flowers.
salvias
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pluralof salvia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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So are cleome, Gomphrena and various salvias, with their tubular flowers that invite hummingbirds to make a pit stop on the way south.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Williams’ landscape “canvas” is relatively small, but lushly filled with 20 varieties of California native plants — salvias, ceanothus, buckwheats, mallows and such perennials as monkey flower and yarrow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
She said she was more concerned about people staying safe than the welfare of her coleus and salvias plants.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2020
As global temperatures rise, the flowering periods of salvias and other important nectar plants for hummingbirds are shifting earlier in the season, becoming increasingly out of sync with the birds’ foraging demands.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 18, 2018
Pink salvias; and there is only one gardener in France who has ever succeeded in getting this shade—M. Gournay-Martin's gardener at Charmerace.
From Arsene Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
