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SATUREJA HORTENSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Satureja hortensis mean?
• SATUREJA HORTENSIS (noun)
The noun SATUREJA 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: SATUREJA HORTENSIS used as a noun is very 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 ("Satureja 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 "Satureja hortensis"):
summer savory; summer savoury (herb with delicately flavored leaves with many uses)
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