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pitcher sage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
pitcher sage
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sage with large red, pitcher-shaped flowers, Salvia spathacea, native to California and grown there for its fragrance and its tolerance of both drought and shade.

noun

Any plant of the genus Lepechinia in the mint family, several of which are native to southern California and also grown there for fragrance, shade tolerance and drought tolerance

Inflected Forms

pitcher sages (plural)

Synonyms

hummingbird sage lepechinia calycina sphacele calycina salvia spathacea

Questions

What does pitcher sage mean?
A sage with large red, pitcher-shaped flowers, Salvia spathacea, native to California and grown there for its fragrance and its tolerance of both drought and shade.

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