Sage

saj, n. A plant of many species the common sage mostly employed in cookery as a condiment. [ME. and OF. sauge, L. salvia, — fr. its healing powers, salvus = E. safe.] — Sage'-brush, n. A low irregular shrub, growing in dry alkaline soils of the Amer. plains. —cock, n. A large bird of the Rocky Mountain region resembling the prairie-fowl, but larger; feeds on the leaves of the sage-brush.