Salvia

See also: salvia, sálvia, and sàlvia

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin salvia.

Proper noun

Salvia f

1. 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)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Salvia is the 33695^th 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

• saliva, Valais, Alavis, Avilas, avails, Slavia, Saliva

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Salvia m or f by sense

1. a surname

Anagrams

• lisava, salavi, saliva, salvai, vasali