sage retia

[Named after M. Sageret, a French agriculturist.] Bot.: A genus of Rhamnese. Shrubs, often thorny, with slender, half-climbing branches, and black or dark-brown fruit. The leaves of Sage retia theezans , growing in China, the Him a lay as, and the Salt and Suleiman ranges, are used as a substitute for tea. Its fruits are eaten, as are those of S. Brander thiana and S. oppos it i folia , also Indian species. IMG:content-0893.png:[blocks in formation] *sā ģě , s. [Fr. sage e.] Wisdom, learning, sagene . (Glanvill: Plus Ultra , p. 3.) săg-ger, s . [SEGGAR.] 1. A seggar (q. v.). 2. Clay used in making such pots. sagging, s . [SAG, v.] Naut.: A term applied to a ship when the middle portion of the keel and bottom arch downward. sa-gi-na, s. [Lat.=a stuffing, a fattening.] Bot .: Pearlwort, a genus of Alsinee. Sepals four or five; petals four or five, entire or emarginate, sometimes wanting; stamens four to ten; styles four or five; capsule four to five-valved. Known species eight, from the temperate zones. All but S. saxatilis and S. nival is , which are Alpine species, are common.