Salvia
See also: salvia, sálvia, and sàlvia
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin salvia.
Proper noun
Salvia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – sage plants.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Salvia subg. Allagospadonopsis, Salvia subg. Calosphace, Salvia subg. Dorystaechas, Salvia subg. Macrosphace, Salvia subg. Perovskia, Salvia subg. Rosmarinus, Salvia subg. Salvia, Salvia subg. Sanglakia, Salvia subg. Schraderia, Salvia subg. Sclarea, Salvia subg. Zhumeria - subgenera
- Salvia officinalis (common sage) - type species; Salvia rosmarinus (syn. Rosmarinus officinalis, rosemary), Salvia hispanica (Spanish sage), Salvia miltiorrhiza (red sage), Salvia sclarea (clary sage), Salvia columbariae (chia sage), Salvia pratensis (meadow clary), Salvia verbenaca (wild sage), Salvia divinorum (diviner's sage), Salvia spathacea (hummingbird sage), Salvia splendens (scarlet sage), Salvia lyrata (lyre-leaf sage), Salvia carduacea (thistle sage), Salvia aethiopis (Mediterranean sage), Salvia viridis (annual clary), Salvia fruticosa (Greek sage) - other selected species
References
Salvia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Salvia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Salvia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Salvia.
Proper noun
Salvia (plural Salvias)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Salvia is the 33695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 676 individuals. Salvia is most common among White (85.65%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Salvia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
- Alavis, Avilas, Slavia, Valais, avails, saliva
Italian
Etymology
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Proper noun
Salvia m or f by sense
- a surname
Anagrams
- lisava, salavi, saliva, salvai, vasali