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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 elsewhereplay

2. herb with delicately flavored leaves with many usesplay

  Familiarity information: SUMMER SAVORY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUMMER SAVORY (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 ("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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