pineapple sage

noun

: a Mexican salvia (Salvia elegans synonym S. rutilans) having a scent of pineapple that is cultivated as an annual

Examples of pineapple sage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some tender salvias hit their stride now, like pineapple sage, whose red flowers emerge in late summer, and Salvia patens with ethereal sky-blue blossoms. — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026

Some varieties of sage shrivel and die in high heat, but pineapple sage thrives in it. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pineapple sage

• alienage
• age
• gauge
• phage
• plage
• rage
• stage
• wage
• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage