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

"If it could only have been Arthur," she repeated sadly, gazing through the French window of the drawing-room to the garden where beds of scarlet sage flaunted brilliantly in the sunshine.

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

A few tough zenias and marigolds and a row of scarlet sage bore witness to the buckets of water that Mrs. Bergson had carried there after sundown, against the prohibition of her sons.

From O Pioneers! by Willa Sibert Cather

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 Ellen Eddy Shaw

Masses of scarlet sage and cannas grew near the house, while at the rear a white-washed fence gleamed white.

From Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall by R. G. Vosburgh

"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