salvian.
/ˈsalvɪə/, U.S. /ˈsælviə/ Botany and Horticulture.
A large genus (J. Pitton de Tournefort Inst. Rei Herbariæ (1700) I. 180), of Labiatæ, including the common sage; a plant of this genus (in popular use, chiefly applied to the ornamental varieties). Also attributive and figurative.
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1844 Lady G. C. Fullerton Ellen Middleton (1854) II. xiv. 149 Some sprigs of the deep red salvia were fastened in her hair.
1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl III. 43 There were great bands of scarlet salvia blossoming.
1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story ix The flower beds flamed with geraniums and salvias.
1900 Mrs. Devereux in Academy 3 Feb. 104/1 Terraces radiant with red salvia, and golden with orange trees.
1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (N.Y. ed.) 56 If there were salvia-savage bolshevists To burn the world back to manure-good ash, Wouldn't I stick the salvia in my coat!
1941 E. P. O'Donnell Great Big Doorstep ii. 28 There were humming-birds working around a wild salvia bush in the grove.
1963 W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 222 Mrs. Stringer insisted upon my going round to see her salvias.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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