WOOD SAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wood sage mean? 

• WOOD SAGE (noun)
  The noun WOOD SAGE has 2 senses:

1. European germander with one-sided racemes of yellow flowers; naturalized in North America

2. subshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America

  Familiarity information: WOOD SAGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOOD SAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European germander with one-sided racemes of yellow flowers; naturalized in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Teucrium scorodonia; wood sage

Hypernyms ("wood sage" is a kind of...):

germander (any of various plants of the genus Teucrium)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Subshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American germander; Teucrium canadense; wood sage

Hypernyms ("wood sage" is a kind of...):

germander (any of various plants of the genus Teucrium)