SATUREIA HORTENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Satureia hortensis mean? 

• SATUREIA HORTENSIS (noun)
  The noun SATUREIA 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 elsewhere

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATUREIA HORTENSIS (noun)

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Satureia hortensis; Satureja hortensis; summer savory

Hypernyms ("Satureia 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 "Satureia hortensis"):

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