What is another word for salvia?

Pronunciation: [sˈalviə] (IPA)

Salvia, a widely known herb, possesses many meanings and synonyms. It could refer to the plant itself or specific species such as Salvia divinorum, also known as diviner's sage or magic mint. Alternative terms such as sage or clary could indicate the general plant of the Lamiaceae family. Salvia officinalis, commonly known as common sage, is a synonym of garden sage and Dalmatian sage. Similarly, Salvia sclarea, colloquially known as clary sage, shares its name with clear eye and eyebright. Salvia nemorosa, or woodland sage, is also referenced as violet sage, which is often confused with Salvia elegans, pineapple sage. Finally, Salvia hispanica refers to the chia seeds genus, which could be interchanged with Salvia columbariae or golden chia.

What are the hypernyms for Salvia?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Salvia?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the holonyms for Salvia?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Salvia

The garden salvia, for instance, slaps the burly bumblebee upon the back and marks him for her own as he is ushered in to the feast.
"My Studio Neighbors"
William Hamilton Gibson
The morning was quite Como-like-fair and blue and calm; the sun shining on the far wooded hills, and on the sparkling little villages at their foot; the green lake still running high, with here and there a white tip breaking; a blaze of sunlight on the gardens below-on the green acacia-branches and the masses of scarlet salvia-and on the white hot terraces where the lizards lay basking.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
For these curious contrivances in the case of salvia, Coryanthes, and other plants, would in any case have been no use to the plant till the whole machinery was complete.
"Creation and Its Records"
B.H. Baden-Powell

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