Definitions for salvias

salvias sal·vi·a

Spelling: [sal-vee-uh]
IPA: /ˈsæl vi ə/

Salvias is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in salvias (aailssv).

Definitions for salvias

noun

  1. any plant of the genus Salvia, comprising the sages, having opposite leaves and whorled flowers.

Origin of salvias

1835-45; New Latin, Latin: sage

Examples for salvias

There is a plant called salvia glutinosa—easily recognized by its sticky calyx and pale yellow flowers.

But it is, in truth, the family arch of the Sergii, raised in honour of one of that house by his wife salvia Postuma.

Oleum salvi, L. From the herbaceous portion of salvia officinalis, or common sage.

They are found on many plants, such as salvia glutinosa, Plumbago, and Catchfly.

Again in the Verbena and salvia, we have scarlet and blue, but no yellow.

They are very important honey-plants, commonly called Sage, and by some botanists considered to be a species of salvia.

Miquel has recorded the union of a stigma with the middle lobe of the lower lip of the corolla of salvia pratensis.

When these have faded, the salvia plants are set out in the same bed, without disturbing the bulbs.

I want to put in quite a good deal this spring with a thought to next fall, dahlias and astors and cosmos and salvia in plenty.

And what if the salvia, as by a miracle, blossoms on the jasmine?

Word Value for salvias
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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