BLUE SAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue sage mean? 

• BLUE SAGE (noun)
  The noun BLUE SAGE has 4 senses:

1. sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation

2. Texas sage having intensely blue flowers

3. blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States

4. aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves

  Familiarity information: BLUE SAGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUE SAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue sage; Salvia lancifolia; Salvia reflexa

Hypernyms ("blue sage" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Texas sage having intensely blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue sage; mealy sage; Salvia farinacea

Hypernyms ("blue sage" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue sage; Salvia azurea

Hypernyms ("blue sage" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Artemisia tridentata; big sagebrush; blue sage; Seriphidium tridentatum

Hypernyms ("blue sage" is a kind of...):

sage brush; sagebrush (any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium)

Holonyms ("blue sage" is a member of...):

genus Seriphidium; Seriphidium (woody plants grown chiefly for their silver or grey and often aromatic foliage; formerly included in the genus Artemisia)