salvia
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- noun
- /ˈsælviə/
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salvia
- Many chefs include salvia in their recipes for its aromatic flavor.
- red salvia
- blue salvia
- purple salvia
Examples
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This is typically full of salvia, Jupiter's beard.
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This one, this poor salvia broke in the wind.
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So we will slowly fry the salvia in the.
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A touch of rosmarino and a little bit of salvia.
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Fellow uses a "beat test" to find pests on salvia.
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Where I live, most salvias will flower sometime during spring straight through into fall, except for this plant.
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In her garden, she grows different varieties of salvia to attract butterflies.
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The fragrant salvia plants thrive in well-drained soil and full sunlight.
Synonyms
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A grey-green plant with leaves that have a strong smell and add flavor to food
A small bush with strong-smelling grey-green leaves used to flavor food
Compounds
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A group of plants like sage with scented leaves and flowers often grown in gardens
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A sage plant from California with silvery leaves and purple flowers
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A small sage plant with curved leaves like a harp and pale blue flowers that grows in eastern US woodlands
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A low bush called sage with grey-green leaves people use to add flavor to food
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A plant with bright blue flowers that grows on dry prairies in eastern United States
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A plant with white, pink or violet flowers grown for its fragrant oil used in perfume and flavouring
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A plant from North and Central America with purple-blue flowers often grown in gardens
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A fragrant herb with purple flowers that people grow for cooking and garden decoration
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A California wild sage with fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers
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A sage plant from Europe and Asia with blue flowers and verbena-like leaves
Surface Forms
Etymology
Salvia comes from the Latin word salvia, from salvare meaning 'to save' or 'to heal', and it was the old name for sage, a plant people used as medicine. So thinking of salvia as a 'healing' herb helps you remember why many salvia plants are used in cooking and traditional medicine.