sage vs Mexican mint

Mexican mint vs sage

sage and Mexican mint both are nouns.

sage is an adjective but Mexican mint is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sage	Yes	Yes	No	No
Mexican mint	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Mexican mint is a hyponym of sage; that is, Mexican mint is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sage:

sage: any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb
Mexican mint: an herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect; the active ingredient is salvinorin

Other hyponyms of sage include blue sage, Salvia azurea, clary sage, Salvia clarea, blue sage, mealy sage, Salvia farinacea, blue sage, Salvia lancifolia, Salvia reflexa, chaparral sage, purple sage, Salvia leucophylla, cancer weed, cancerweed, Salvia lyrata, common sage, ramona, Salvia officinalis, meadow clary, Salvia pratensis, clary, Salvia sclarea, pitcher sage, Salvia spathacea, Salvia divinorum, Salvia verbenaca, vervain sage, wild clary, wild sage.

sage (noun)	Mexican mint (noun)
aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc	an herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect; the active ingredient is salvinorin
a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

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

Difference between sage and Mexican mint

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