| Noun | 1. | genus Salvia - large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit: sage asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs family Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, mint family - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary |