blue sage

Questions about blue sage

What does blue sage mean?

blue sage means "sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for blue sage?

Close synonyms include Salvia reflexa, Salvia lancifolia, mealy sage, Salvia farinacea, Salvia azurea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blue sage a common word?

blue sage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.