salvia
English Thesaurus
1. any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | herb, herbaceous plant, |
| definition | : | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blue sage, salvia azurea, |
| definition | : | blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | clary sage, salvia clarea, |
| definition | : | stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | meadow clary, salvia pratensis, |
| definition | : | tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslands (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | clary, salvia sclarea, |
| definition | : | aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | mexican mint, salvia divinorum, |
| definition | : | an herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect; the active ingredient is salvinorin (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus salvia, |
| definition | : | large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit: sage (noun.plant) |
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