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sage

sage

44 3.5
A grey-green plant with leaves that have a strong smell and add flavor to food
  • noun
  • /seɪdʒ/
: salvia
  • We have oregano, we have sage, and we have thyme.

This is the aloe sage and orange blossom.

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Examples

  • I made some good old sage bread, and rabbit stew.

  • This is a very, very important herb, is sage.

  • You usually put sage with chicken or pork?

  • And if I remember correctly, sage and butter.

  • So let's get all the leaves off of our sage and basil.

  • Put your onions, your garlic, sage, Rosemary, Roast that all down.

  • Lemongrass to help sharpen awareness, and sage is known to keep dark spirits at bay.

  • They should be sautéed and grilled with a sprinkle of sage.

  • For dinner, I added fresh sage to the roasted chicken for extra flavor.

  • In the recipe, you need to include sage, garlic, and olive oil to enhance the taste.

Synonyms

Salvia officinalis
vssage
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A low bush called sage with grey-green leaves people use to add flavor to food

is the everyday common term rather than the scientific label
common sage
vssage
1 3.2

A small bush with strong-smelling grey-green leaves used to flavor food

is also used medicinally sometimes rather than only for cooking

Compounds

7 4.2

Helpful and careful words that show good sense

1 8.6

A large North American bird that lives in sagebrush and shows a mating dance

1 2.8

A hot drink you make by putting sage leaves in hot water

1 3.5

A soft greyish green like the leaves of a garden herb

1 8.6

A large brown bird that lives in dry areas with low sage bushes in North America

1 6.1

A plant with blue flowers that smells pleasant and grows in North America

1 2.9

A grey-green color like sage leaves

1 5.6

A wild-growing plant with blue flowers and strong-smelling leaves

1 6.8

A small plant with silver leaves and groups of purple flowers

1 8.1

A plant with a strong, pleasant smell used to make oil for perfume and flavor

1 8.8

A teacher who talks most of the time and does not let students speak

1 8.4

A bush with a strong smell that grows in southern California and Mexico and is used as medicine

1 8.3

A low, many-branched plant with silvery leaves that shelters wildlife

1 8.1

A low shrub with many branches and pale grey leaves that gives shelter and food to wild animals

A low spreading bush with many purple or yellow flowers used in gardens

1 8.0

A low shrub with grey, silvery leaves that grows on dry coastal hills in California

1 9.5

A North American shrub with long narrow light gray or white leaves

1 4.0

A pale gray green color that looks like silvery leaves

wormwood sage
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A plant with soft leaves and a strong smell that lives for many years and has small brownish flowers

1 4.2

A soft gray-green color used for calm home or clothing styles

1 9.9

A plant with silvery leaves and purple flowers that grows in California

1 3.2

A small bush with strong-smelling grey-green leaves used to flavor food

mealy sage
  • Specialized
1 9.5

A small plant with spikes of bright blue flowers and gray-green leaves

pitcher sage
  • Specialized
9.5

A California plant with woolly stems and large white flowers

pitcher sage
  • Specialized
9.9

A tall California plant that lives many years with fragrant leaves and pale blue or violet flowers

8.0

A plant that lives for many years with soft white leaves and grows in the US Southwest

8.8

A small bush with silver leaves that grows on dry grasslands

9.9

A plant with blue flowers and leaves like verbena

6.8

A plant with silvery white leaves that people often burn in rituals for healing

7.6

A low woody plant with serrated leaves and cream to pink or purple flowers in spikes native to North America

8.2

A plant in the mint family with one-sided rows of yellow flowers in European woodlands

How Aromatic

rosemary
44 2.3
thyme
32 3.5
sage
44 3.5
chives
13 2.0
parsley
49 1.0

Surface Forms

sage singular
sages plural

Etymology

Sage (herb) comes from the Latin word salvia, from salvus meaning 'safe' or 'healthy'. People long ago used sage as a healing plant, so the herb's name links to health and medicine.