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SATUREJA HORTENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Satureja hortensis mean? 

SATUREJA HORTENSIS (noun)
  The noun SATUREJA HORTENSIS has 1 sense:

1. erect annual herb with oval leaves and pink flowers; used to flavor e.g. meats or soups or salads; southeastern Europe and naturalized elsewhereplay

  Familiarity information: SATUREJA HORTENSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SATUREJA HORTENSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect annual herb with oval leaves and pink flowers; used to flavor e.g. meats or soups or salads; southeastern Europe and naturalized elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Satureia hortensis; Satureja hortensis; summer savory

Hypernyms ("Satureja hortensis" is a kind of...):

savory (any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees)

Meronyms (parts of "Satureja hortensis"):

summer savory; summer savoury (herb with delicately flavored leaves with many uses)


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