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salvia

DEFINITIONS OF: salvia

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n any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

Synonyms:
sage
Types:
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Salvia azurea, blue sage
blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States
Salvia clarea, clary sage
stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery
Salvia farinacea, blue sage, mealy sage
Texas sage having intensely blue flowers
Salvia lancifolia, Salvia reflexa, blue sage
sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation
Salvia leucophylla, chaparral sage, purple sage
silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers
Salvia lyrata, cancer weed, cancerweed
sage of eastern United States
Salvia officinalis, common sage, ramona
shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb
Salvia pratensis, meadow clary
tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslands
Salvia sclarea, clary
aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental
Salvia spathacea, pitcher sage
California erect and sparsely branched perennial
Mexican mint, Salvia divinorum
an herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect; the active ingredient is salvinorin
Salvia verbenaca, vervain sage, wild clary, wild sage
Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena; naturalized in United States
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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