English word senses marked with lifeform category "Sages"
Parent categories: Herbs, Mint family plants, Plants, Spices and herbs, Lamiales order plants, Lifeforms, Foods, Shrubs, Trees, Life, Eating, Food and drink, Nature, Human behaviour, Human
Total 30 word senses
- Cleveland sage (Noun) A drought-tolerant, sweetly fragrant sage (Salvia clevelandii) native to the Cleveland National Forest in southernmost California and to neighboring Baja California in Mexico.
- Mexican bush sage (Noun) A shrubby sage native to central and eastern Mexico, Salvia leucantha, grown in subtropical, dry climates for its ornamental flower stems covered in bright blue or purple velvety hairs, and for its relative drought tolerance.
- Russian sage (Noun) A shrub related to sage, Salvia yangii (syn. Perovskia atriplicifolia).
- black sage (Noun) Any member of the species Salvia mellifera of aromatic sage native to California, which are an important nectar source for sage honey.
- chia (Noun) Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
- chia seed (Noun) An edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family native to Central America, or of the related Salvia columbariae of southwestern United States and Mexico.
- clary (Noun) clary sage (Salvia sclarea)
- clary sage (Noun) Salvia sclarea, a biennial or short-lived herbaceous perennial.
- clary water (Noun) A composition of clary flowers with brandy, etc., formerly used as a cardiac.
- creeping sage (Noun) Salvia sonomensis, a species of sage with blue to purple flowers.
- danshen (Noun) The perennial sage Salvia miltiorrhiza, valued in traditional Chinese medicine for its roots.
- diviner's sage (Noun) The psychoactive plant Salvia divinorum.
- hummingbird sage (Noun) The pitcher sage, Salvia spathacea, a fragrant sage native to California, with large red flowers much loved by hummingbirds.
- lyreleaf sage (Noun) A plant of the species Salvia lyrata, native to warm-temperate eastern North America.
- meadow clary (Noun) A tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslands, Salvia pratensis.
- orval (Noun) Salvia viridis, a kind of sage.
- perovskia (Noun) Any of the genus Perovskia of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
- pineapple sage (Noun) A variety of the shrub Salvia elegans, having a pineapple-like scent.
- pitcher sage (Noun) A sage with large red, pitcher-shaped flowers, Salvia spathacea, native to California and grown there for its fragrance and its tolerance of both drought and shade.
- rose sage (Noun) A sage with showy rose-colored bracts and purple flowers native to desert mountains in southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, Salvia pachyphylla.
- rosemary (Noun) A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.
- sage (Adjective) Grave; serious; solemn.
- sage (Noun) A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
- sage (Noun) The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
- sage (Noun) Any plant in the genus Salvia.
- sage (Noun) Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.
- salvia (Noun) A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage.; Salvia divinorum, a plant used for its hallucinogenic properties; diviner's sage.
- tan shen (Noun) The red sage or Chinese sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
- thistle sage (Noun) A North American herb, Salvia carduacea, the seeds of which were once a staple food similar to chia
- white sage (Noun) Salvia apiana, a sage native to southern California and neighboring Baja California west of the desert, an important nectar source for sage honey.
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