wood sage

British  

noun

1. a downy labiate perennial, Teucrium scorodonia, having spikes of green-yellow flowers: common on acid heath and scree in Europe and naturalized in North America

---

Example Sentences

Chamomile grows along these ditches, wood sage and mint, plants whose names my mother somehow found the time to teach me.

From The New Yorker

Indolent Ulcers and Boils, Chickweed and Wood Sage Poultice for.—"Equal parts of chickweed and wood sage pounded together make a good poultice for all kinds of indolent ulcers and boils."

From Project Gutenberg