Clary (or clary sage) is a spectacularly showy biennial or short-lived perennial herb in the genus Salvia or sages. Its strong and unusual odor is considered "rank" by some while others find it very attractive. The distilled oil is occasionally found in specialty stores such as natural food stores and "scent shops". The odor is sometimes described as "sweaty", spicy or "hay-like".
Traditional uses
Clary seeds have a mucilaginous coat, and so old herbals recommended putting a seed into the eye of someone with a foreign object in it, to adhere to the object and make it easy to remove.
Clary has thick and woolly leaves, which have been used in cookery, as a vegetable.
Clary was used as a flavoring in ales before the use of hops became common, and also as a flavoring in wineThis article is about the beverage. See WINE for an article about the software of the same name. Wine is an alcoholic beverage typically made by fermentation of grapes. The word comes from Greek omicron;ινο&sigmaf through Latin vinum, (bot, notably muscatel . Clary is used as a flavoring in some tobaccoacuminata N. alata N. attenuata N. bigelovil N. clevelandii N. debneyi N. excelsior N. exigua N. forgetiana N. glutinosa N. kawakamii N. knightiana N. langsdorffii N. longiflora N. obtusifolia N. otephora N. paniculata N. plumbagifolia N. quadrivalvis N. products.
Clary can be used as a teaThis article is about the beverage. For alternative meanings, see tea (disambiguation). Tang Dynasty ( 618- 907). Tea is a caffeinated beverage, an infusion made by steeping the dried leaves or buds of the shrub Camellia sinensis in hot water. In addition or in aromatherapyAromatherapy is the use of essential oils, absolutes, carrier oils and other fragrances from plants to affect someone's mood or health, and is commonly associated with alternative medicine. One of the best known essential oils for aromatherapy is lavender, and is supposed to have a calming effect.
Clary is also a commune of the NordNord Details Information Number59 Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Prefecture Lille Subprefectures Avesnes-sur-Helpe Cambrai Douai Dunkerque Valenciennes Population Total ( 1999) Density Ranked 1st 2,555,020 445 /km² Area 5,743 km² Arrondissements 6 Cantons 79 C départementThe departements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas regions''. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements''. Departements are also found i, in northern FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents..
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