salvia

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Borrowed from translingual Salvia, in turn from Latin salvia (“sage”). Doublet of sage.

And the heliotrope, and ageratum ... and those blue salvias and orange calceolarias. — The Man Who Did the Right Thing: A Romance, Harry Johnston
There were anemones of all kinds, scarlet, purple, pale pink, and white: irises of many colors, blue pimpernel, yellow salvia, violet grape hyacinths, and clumps of small white narcissus. — The Princess of the School, Angela Brazil
May health and happiness so attend you, as when you read this letter, you are not in dalliance with Tertulla, Terentilla, Rufilla [210], or Salvia Titiscenia, or all of them. — The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete, Suetonius

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