clary sage
- noun
- /ˈklɛri seɪdʒ/
:
salvia clara
- The clary sage plant grows beautifully in my garden.
Examples
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Many people use clary sage oil in perfumes due to its pleasant fragrance and calming properties.
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The chef added a touch of clary sage to the sauce for a unique flavor.
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Many essential oils, including clary sage, are prized in aromatherapy for their distinctive scents.
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Perfumes often use clary sage oil as a key ingredient for its earthy aroma.
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I love using clary sage in my herbal teas.
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The scented leaves of clary sage are commonly added to herbal teas for their aromatic flavor.
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The soothing properties of clary sage are often highlighted in discussions about essential oils.
Synonyms
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A grey-green plant with leaves that have a strong smell and add flavor to food
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A fragrant herb used in cooking and grown for its pretty flowers
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A garden plant with scented leaves and colorful flowers used for cooking or medicine
A plant with white, pink or violet flowers grown for its fragrant oil used in perfume and flavouring
A fragrant herb with purple flowers that people grow for cooking and garden decoration
How Aromatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositional: 'clary' names a herb/quality and 'sage' is a known aromatic herb, so together they denote a particular type of sage (Salvia sclarea). This kind of plant-naming is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Clary sage gets its name from an old use. One popular story says the word clary comes from a word for 'clear' because people used the plant's sticky seeds to wash their eyes and make them clear, so clary sage became the 'sage' known for helping the eyes.