genus salvia | (n) large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit: sage |
blue sage | (n) sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation, Syn. Salvia reflexa, Salvia lancifolia |
blue sage | (n) Texas sage having intensely blue flowers, Syn. Salvia farinacea, mealy sage |
blue sage | (n) blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States, Syn. Salvia azurea |
cancerweed | (n) sage of eastern United States, Syn. Salvia lyrata, cancer weed |
clary | (n) aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental, Syn. Salvia sclarea |
clary sage | (n) stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery, Syn. Salvia clarea |
common sage | (n) shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb, Syn. ramona, Salvia officinalis |
meadow clary | (n) tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslands, Syn. Salvia pratensis |
mexican mint | (n) an herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect; the active ingredient is salvinorin, Syn. Salvia divinorum |
pitcher sage | (n) California erect and sparsely branched perennial, Syn. Salvia spathacea |
purple sage | (n) silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers, Syn. Salvia leucophylla, chaparral sage |
sage | (n) any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb, Syn. salvia |
wild sage | (n) Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena; naturalized in United States, Syn. Salvia verbenaca, wild clary, vervain sage |