sage
Other forms: sages; sager; sagest
Use the word sage for someone or something wise and judicious. Thanks to the sage advice of your friend, you didn't write your teacher an angry e-mail!
Although you might think of a wizard when you hear the word sage, really it means a wise man. Today you see it used to refer to someone who has insight in a particular field. If someone is a policy sage, he knows just what advice to give politicians to make them understand the issue and respond successfully to it. In a totally unrelated use, there is also a plant called sage that is useful in home remedies and cooking.
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a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdomexamples:Balthasar(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant JesusCaspar(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant JesusMelchior(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus; usually represented as a king of Nubia
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having wisdom that comes with age and experiencesynonyms:wisehaving or prompted by wisdom or discernment
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any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herbsynonyms: salviatypes:Salvia clarea, clary sagestout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumerySalvia lancifolia, Salvia reflexa, blue sagesage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivationSalvia officinalis, common sage, ramonashrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herbSalvia pratensis, meadow clarytall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslandsSalvia sclarea, claryaromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamentalMexican mint, Salvia divinoruman herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect; the active ingredient is salvinorinSalvia verbenaca, vervain sage, wild clary, wild sageEurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena; naturalized in United Statestype of:herb, herbaceous planta plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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aromatic fresh or dried gray-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etctypes:clary sagefresh leaves used in omelets and fritters and with lambtype of:herbaromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
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of the gray-green color of sage leavessynonyms: sage-greenchromaticbeing, having, or characterized by hue
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