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WINTER SAVORY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resinous leaves used in stews and stuffings and meat loaf

Synonyms:

winter savory; winter savoury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("winter savory" is a kind of...):

savory; savoury (either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family)

Holonyms ("winter savory" is a part of...):

Satureia montana; Satureja montana; winter savory (erect perennial subshrub having pink or white flowers and leathery leaves with a flavor of thyme; southern Europe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Erect perennial subshrub having pink or white flowers and leathery leaves with a flavor of thyme; southern Europe

Synonyms:

Satureia montana; Satureja montana; winter savory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("winter 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 "winter savory"):

winter savory; winter savoury (resinous leaves used in stews and stuffings and meat loaf)

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