salvia sclarea

1. 1.

   aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental

   Synonymsclary

   Broadersage

Questions about salvia sclarea

What does salvia sclarea mean?

salvia sclarea means "aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental".

What is another word for salvia sclarea?

Close synonyms include clary. 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 salvia sclarea a common word?

salvia sclarea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.