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salvia

[ sal-vee-uh ]

noun

  1. any plant of the genus Salvia, comprising the sages, having opposite leaves and whorled flowers.


salvia

/ ˈsælvɪə /

noun

  1. any herbaceous plant or small shrub of the genus Salvia, such as the sage, grown for their medicinal or culinary properties or for ornament: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of salvia1

1835–45; < New Latin, Latin: sage
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Word History and Origins

Origin of salvia1

C19: from Latin: sage ²
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Example Sentences

“It is thrilling to hike through the preserve with over 150 native plants and animals. Birds and other pollinators flock to salvia, buckwheat and yarrow. The dramatic silver-leafed Dudleya were blooming gloriously.”

“The California fuchsia blooms into the fall, and although the salvias’ spikes above the foliage die back after flowering, the structure and leaves remain vital.”

She also grows native poppies — Matilija and California — penstemons, lupines and many different salvias.

Blue By You salvia is bursting with bright blue flowers from late spring into fall, when spent flowers are removed.

Following a decade living in Portland, Ore., “I just want it to feel like Southern California,” he says as he grazes a palm over a salvia plant, releasing its aroma.

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