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   sage

   /sāj/

   noun

   • 1. an aromatic plant with grayish-green leaves that are used as a culinary herb, native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean.
   • ▪ used in names of aromatic plants of the mint family that resemble sage, e.g. wood sage.
   • 2. either of two bushy North American plants with silvery-gray leaves.
   • 3. short for sagebrush

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French sauge, from Latin salvia ‘healing plant’, from salvus ‘safe’.

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