Is salvia a word in the Scrabble Dictionary

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"Salvia" Definition

noun

Any of various plants of the genus Salvia in the mint family, having opposite leaves, a two-lipped corolla, and two stamens.
Any of a large and widely distributed genus () of herbs and shrubs of the mint family having a 2-lipped open calyx and two anthers.
One () with scarlet flowers.