Salvia Definition

sălvē-ə
salvias
noun
salvias

Sage.

Webster's New World
Any of various plants of the genus Salvia of the mint family, having opposite leaves, a two-lipped corolla, and two stamens.
American Heritage Medicine
A preparation made from the dried or crushed leaves of Salvia divinorum, or from an extract of the leaves, usually smoked, chewed, or ingested to produce a hallucinatory effect.
American Heritage Medicine
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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Mentheae "” the sage plants.

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Other Word Forms of Salvia

Noun

Singular:
salvia
Plural:
salvias

Origin of Salvia

  • Latin salvia sage sage2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin salvia (“sage").

    From Wiktionary

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  • The road thence went on to Nuceria (whence a branch road ran to Septempeda and thence either to Ancona or to Tolentinum and Urbs Salvia) and Helvillum, and then crossed the main ridge of the Apennines, a temple of Jupiter Apenninus standing at the summit of the pass.

  • When bracts become coloured, as in Amherstia nobilis, Euphorbia splendens, Erica elegans and Salvia splendens, they may be mistaken for parts of the corolla.

  • A series of empty coloured bracts terminates the inflorescence of Salvia Horminum.

  • There is definitely an element of the trickster archetype pervading the Salvia realm, and not every trip ends in a nice tidy enlightenment!

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