JERUSALEM SAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jerusalem sage mean? 

• JERUSALEM SAGE (noun)
  The noun JERUSALEM SAGE has 1 sense:

1. a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers

  Familiarity information: JERUSALEM SAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JERUSALEM SAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Jerusalem sage; Phlomis fruticosa

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

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

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

genus Phlomis (large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves)