ROSEMARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rosemary mean? 

• ROSEMARY (noun)
  The noun ROSEMARY has 2 senses:

1. widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery

2. extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats

  Familiarity information: ROSEMARY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSEMARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

rosemary; Rosmarinus officinalis

Hypernyms ("rosemary" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "rosemary"):

rosemary (extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats)

Holonyms ("rosemary" is a member of...):

genus Rosmarinus; Rosmarinus (rosemary)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("rosemary" is a kind of...):

herb (aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities)

Holonyms ("rosemary" is a part of...):

rosemary; Rosmarinus officinalis (widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery)

 Context examples 

A plant family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets which includes the mints, thyme, sage, and rosemary.

(Lamiaceae, NCI Thesaurus)