Index of English words, starting with "sa"

(1) - Sagamore (n.) A juice used in medicine.
(2) - Sagamore (n.) The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; -- generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank.

(1) - Sage (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.
(2) - Sage (superl.) Grave; serious; solemn.
(3) - Sage (superl.) Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.
(4) - Sage (superl.) Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.
(5) - Sage (n.) The sagebrush.
(6) - Sage (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.

(1) - Sagebrush (n.) A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.