sage apple (sajap"l)

A gall formed on a Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 88. species of sage, Salvia triloba, from the puneture of the insect Cynips salviæ. It is eaten as a fruit at Athens. A star, Unseen before in heaven, proclaims him come, And guides the eastern sages . Milton , P. L., xii. 362. sage-breadt (sāj'bred), n. Bread baked from Father of all, in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage , Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! milk. dough mixed with a strong infusion of sage in I have known sage - bread do much good in drying up Pope, Universal Prayer. watery humours. R. Sharrock, To Boyle, April 7, 16008 IMG:content-2704.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small] Sage-brush ( Artemisia trident at a). 1, upper part of the stem with the heads; 2, lower part of the stem with the leaves. a, a flower; b, a head; c, a leaf. grows from 1 to 6 and even 12 feet high, and is prodigiously abundant. A smaller species is A. trifid a, and a dwarf, A. arbuscula. Also sage - bush (perhaps applied more individually), wild sage, and sagewood. 5303