Home › Words › C › claryclary/ˈklɛəɹi/clary means clary sage (Salvia sclarea).clary is pronounced /ˈklɛəɹi/.EtymologyFrom Middle English clarie, from Anglo-Norman sclaree, from Late or Medieval Latin sclarēia.nounclary sage (Salvia sclarea)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.clairscent 60% match — clairalience vs clary →coriandrol 57% match — Linalool. vs clary →clovewort 55% match — Clove pink, which has clove-scented flowers vs clary →calamint 55% match — Any species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha, now often included in Clinopodium. vs clary →sclarene 54% match — A diterpene present in the foliage of Podocarpus laetus (syn. Podocarpus hallii). vs clary →safflor 54% match — safflower vs clary →cicely 53% match — Myrrhis odorata, a plant in the genus Myrrhis, in the family Apiaceae. vs clary →calamus 53% match — Sweet flag (Acorus calamus). vs clary →