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salvia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun salvia has 1 sense
- salvia(n = noun.plant) sage - any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus salvia
has particulars: blue sage, salvia azurea, clary sage, salvia clarea, blue sage, mealy sage, salvia farinacea, blue sage, salvia lancifolia, salvia reflexa, chaparral sage, purple sage, salvia leucophylla, cancer weed, cancerweed, salvia lyrata, common sage, ramona, salvia officinalis, meadow clary, salvia pratensis, clary, salvia sclarea, pitcher sage, salvia spathacea, mexican mint, salvia divinorum, salvia verbenaca, vervain sage, wild clary, wild sage
CIDE DICTIONARY
salvia, n. [L., sage.].
A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
salvia, n. any plant of the genus Salvia, esp. S. splendens with red or blue flowers.
Etymology
L, = SAGE(1)
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