SALVIA CLAREA

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Meaning:

Stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery

Synonyms:

clary sage; Salvia clarea

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Salvia clarea" is a kind of...):

sage; salvia (any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb)

Meronyms (parts of "Salvia clarea"):

clary sage (fresh leaves used in omelets and fritters and with lamb)

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