English > salvia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb. |
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| Synonym | sage |
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| Member of | genus Salvia | large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit |
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| Narrower | Mexican mint, Salvia divinorum | An herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect |
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| blue sage, Salvia azurea | blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States |
| blue sage, mealy sage, Salvia farinacea | Texas sage having intensely blue flowers |
| blue sage, Salvia reflexa, Salvia lancifolia | sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers |
| cancerweed, cancer weed, Salvia lyrata | sage of eastern United States |
| clary, Salvia sclarea | aromatic herb of southern Europe |
| clary sage, Salvia clarea | stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers |
| common sage, ramona, Salvia officinalis | shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb |
| meadow clary, Salvia pratensis | tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers |
| pitcher sage, Salvia spathacea | California erect and sparsely branched perennial |
| purple sage, chaparral sage, Salvia leucophylla | silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers |
| wild sage, wild clary, vervain sage, Salvia verbenaca | Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | salvia |
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| Catalan | salvia, sàlvia |
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