Salvia

From Latin salvia.

Salvia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – sage plants.

• (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; Nepetoideae – subfamily; Mentheae – tribe; Salviinae – subtribe

• (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

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Borrowed from Italian Salvia.

Salvia (plural Salvias)

1. A surname from Italian.

• 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Salvia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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

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Salvia m or f by sense

1. a surname

• lisava, salavi, saliva, salvai, vasali