A plant with large wrinkled leaves and blue or purple flowers, used in cooking and traditionally valued for its medicinal and magical properties.
From Middle English 'clarie,' derived from Old French 'clarie,' possibly from Latin 'clarus' (clear). Some sources suggest it comes from 'clary' meaning 'clear eye,' as the plant was used for eye ailments.
Medieval healers prized clary sage so much they called it 'clear eye' because it was supposedly a cure for vision problems—and while that didn't work, modern science discovered it has real antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.
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