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salvia

sal.via \'sal-ve--*\ n [NL, genus name, fr. L, sage - more at SAGE] : any 
   of a large and widely distributed genus (Salvia) of herbs or s hrubs of the 
   mint family having a 2-lipped open calyx and two anthers; esp : the 
   scarlet-flowered sage