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Definition of Salvia
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Salvia
Specialized synonyms: Blue Sage, Salvia Azurea, Clary Sage, Salvia Clarea, Blue Sage, Mealy Sage, Salvia Farinacea, Blue Sage, Salvia Lancifolia, Salvia Reflexa, Chaparral Sage, Purple Sage, Salvia Leucophylla, Cancer Weed, Cancerweed, Salvia Lyrata, Common Sage, Ramona, Salvia Officinalis, Meadow Clary, Salvia Pratensis, Clary, Salvia Sclarea, Pitcher Sage, Salvia Spathacea, Mexican Mint, Salvia Divinorum, Salvia Verbenaca, Vervain Sage, Wild Clary, Wild Sage
Definition of Salvia
1. n. A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage.
Definition of Salvia
1. Noun. A plant in the genus ''Salvia'', such as sage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Salvia
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Salvia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Salvia
Literary usage of Salvia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"Sage leaves, salvia Í Ph. US), have a peculiar, aromatic odour, and a warm, ...
It has been supposed to be of use in cancer. salvia MINOR, salvia—9. ..."
2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1816)
"( ) salvia BICOLOR. TWO-COLOURED SAGE. Class and Order. ... salvia bicolor is a
native of Barbary, where it was first discovered by DESFONTAINES. ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The dried Ivs. of salvia Sclarea, which are used for seasoning. Other species of
salvia have been used fo* the same ..."
4. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and (1869)
"I think I shall be able to show, that in many species of salvia, ... The salvia
in which I first noted the phenomena which I am going to describe, ..."
5. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"The mother of this child, a woman of Urbs salvia, had fled before the approach
... When the inhabitants of Urbs salvia found that John's army had friendly ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"THE FERTILIZATION OF salvia SPLENDENS BY BIRDS.1 BY WILLIAM TRELEASE. IN the fall
of 1878, while studying the structure of various flowers, as correlated ..."
7. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"Sage leaves, salvia Í Ph. US), have a peculiar, aromatic odour, and a warm, ...
It has been supposed to be of use in cancer. salvia MINOR, salvia—9. ..."
8. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1816)
"( ) salvia BICOLOR. TWO-COLOURED SAGE. Class and Order. ... salvia bicolor is a
native of Barbary, where it was first discovered by DESFONTAINES. ..."
9. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The dried Ivs. of salvia Sclarea, which are used for seasoning. Other species of
salvia have been used fo* the same ..."
10. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and (1869)
"I think I shall be able to show, that in many species of salvia, ... The salvia
in which I first noted the phenomena which I am going to describe, ..."
11. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"The mother of this child, a woman of Urbs salvia, had fled before the approach
... When the inhabitants of Urbs salvia found that John's army had friendly ..."
12. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"THE FERTILIZATION OF salvia SPLENDENS BY BIRDS.1 BY WILLIAM TRELEASE. IN the fall
of 1878, while studying the structure of various flowers, as correlated ..."
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