pitcher sage vs sage

pitcher sage and sage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pitcher sage	Yes	No	No	No
sage	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, sage is a hypernym of pitcher sage; that is, sage is a word with a broader meaning than pitcher sage:

Other hypernyms of pitcher sage include salvia.

pitcher sage (noun)	sage (noun)
California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers	aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
California erect and sparsely branched perennial	a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
	any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

pitcher sage (adjective)	sage (adjective)
	of the grey-green color of sage leaves
	having wisdom that comes with age and experience