CLARY SAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clary sage mean? 

• CLARY SAGE (noun)
  The noun CLARY SAGE has 2 senses:

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

2. fresh leaves used in omelets and fritters and with lamb

  Familiarity information: CLARY SAGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLARY SAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

clary sage; Salvia clarea

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "clary sage"):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fresh leaves used in omelets and fritters and with lamb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

sage (aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc)

Holonyms ("clary sage" is a part of...):

clary sage; Salvia clarea (stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery)

 Context examples 

Clary sage oil is used in the treatment of depression, stress, insomnia and deep seated tension.

(Clary Sage Oil, NCI Thesaurus)