Phrase guide

salvation Jane

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The plant Echium plantagineum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, South, uncountable

Examples

  • 2009, Basia Bonkowski, Shimmer, Large print edition, page 176, Salvation Jane coats the hills like a lavender shroud. Its distant beauty is at once mysterious and deceptive—the purple tubular flowers sublime and delicate, the stems holding them prickly and unrelenting.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From salvation + Jane (“female given name”); a reference to its use as animal fodder in times of drought.