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French orvale.

Noun

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orval (uncountable)

  1. Salvia viridis, a kind of sage.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for orval”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Etymology

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From Latin aurum valet (literally it is worth gold), folk etymology for Latin auris galli (cock's ear), from auris (ear) and galli, genitive of gallus (cock). Compare French orvale (clary sage).

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orval m (plural orvals)

  1. Senecio doria, a species of ragwort.
    Synonym: allop
  2. ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
    Synonym: bufera
  3. shrubby St. John's wort (Hypericum androsaemum)
    Synonym: totabona
  4. clary sage
    Synonym: sàlvia romana
  5. black-crowned night heron
    Synonym: martinet de nit

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