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PURPLE SAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does purple sage mean?
• PURPLE SAGE (noun)
The noun PURPLE SAGE has 1 sense:
1. silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers
Familiarity information: PURPLE SAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
chaparral sage; purple sage; Salvia leucophylla
Hypernyms ("purple sage" is a kind of...):
sage; salvia (any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb)
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