sage

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. One venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom.
2. adj. Having or exhibiting wisdom and calm judgment.
3. adj. Proceeding from or marked by wisdom and calm judgment: sage advice.
4. adj. Archaic Serious; solemn.
5. n. Any of various plants of the genus Salvia, especially S. officinalis, having aromatic grayish-green, opposite leaves. Also called ramona.
6. n. The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning.
7. n. Any of various similar or related plants in the mint family.
8. n. Sagebrush.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Wise; judicious; prudent. Specifically— Applied to persons: Discreet,far-seeing, and cool-headed; able to give good counsel.
2. Applied to advice: Sound; well-judged; adapted to the situation.
3. Learned; profound; having great science.
4. Synonyms Sagacious, Knowing, etc. (see astute), judicious. See list under sagacious.
5. Oracular, venerable.
6. n. A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; particularly, a man venerable for years, and known as a man of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.
7. n. A plant of the genus Salvia, especially S. officinalis, the common garden sage. This is a shrubby perennial, sometimes treated as an annual, with rough hoary-green leaves, and blue flowers variegated with white and purple and arranged in spiked whorls. Medicinally, sage is slightly tonic, astringent, and aromatic. It was esteemed by the ancients, but at present, though officinal, is little used as a remedy except in domestic practice. The great use of sage is as a condiment in flavoring dressings, sausages, cheese, etc. In Europe S. pratensis, the meadow-sage, a blue-flowered species growing in meadows, and S. Sclarea, the clary, are also officinal, and the latter is used in soups, but the taste is less agreeable. The ornamental species (which include the two last named) are numerous, and in several cases brilliant. Such are the half-hardy S. splendens, the scarlet sage of Brazil; S. fulgens, the cardinal or Mexican red sage; and the Mexican S. patens, with deep-blue, widely ringent corolla over two inches long. The European S. argentea, the silver-leafed sage, or clary, is cultivated for its foliage. Blue-flowered species fit for the garden, native in the United States, are S. azurea of the southern States, S. Pitcheri, with the leaves minutely soft-downy, found from Kansas to Texas, and the Texan S. farinosa, with a white hoary surface. See chia, clary, and phrases below.
8. n. A name of certain plants of other genera. See the phrases below.
9. n. In California, Trichostema lanatum, a labiate plant.
10. n. See Kochia.
11. n. In southern California, another whitish plant of the same order, Audibertia polystachya, a shrub from 3 to 10 feet high, useful in bee-pastures. It is one of the plants called greasewood.
12. n. In Jamaica, species of Lantana.
13. n. At the Cape of Good Hope, a large composite shrub, Tarchonanthus camphoratus, having a strong balsamic odor. Also called African fleabane.

Wiktionary

1. adj. wise
2. n. a wise man or spiritual teacher; a man of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher
3. n. A savory spice, Salvia officinalis, also planted for ornamental purposes. Scientific name: Salvia officinalis
4. interj. Internet slang Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software
5. v. Internet slang The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
2. n. The sagebrush.
3. adj. Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.
4. adj. Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.
5. adj. rare Grave; serious; solemn.
6. n. A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb
2. adj. having wisdom that comes with age and experience
3. n. a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
4. n. aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
5. adj. of the grey-green color of sage leaves