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SUMMER SAVORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does summer savory mean?
• SUMMER SAVORY (noun)
The noun SUMMER SAVORY has 2 senses:
1. erect annual herb with oval leaves and pink flowers; used to flavor e.g. meats or soups or salads; southeastern Europe and naturalized elsewhere
2. herb with delicately flavored leaves with many uses
Familiarity information: SUMMER SAVORY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("summer savory" 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 "summer savory"):
summer savory; summer savoury (herb with delicately flavored leaves with many uses)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Herb with delicately flavored leaves with many uses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
summer savory; summer savoury
Hypernyms ("summer savory" is a kind of...):
savory; savoury (either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family)
Holonyms ("summer savory" is a part of...):
Satureia hortensis; Satureja hortensis; summer savory (erect annual herb with oval leaves and pink flowers; used to flavor e.g. meats or soups or salads; southeastern Europe and naturalized elsewhere)
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