Meaning

noun any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees

noun dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions

noun either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family

originFrom the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin sapōrāre, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavour”), from sapiō, sapere (“taste of, have a flavour of”).

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