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savory |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Savory \Sa"vor*y\ (-[y^]), a. [From {Savor}.] Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. [Written also {savoury}.] The chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Savory \Sa"vo*ry\ (s[=a]"v[-o]*r[y^]), n. [F. savor['e]e; cf It santoreggia satureja, L. satureia,] (Bot.) An aromatic labiate plant ({Satureia hortensis}), much used in cooking; -- also called {summer savory}. [Written also {savoury}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: savory adj 1: morally respectable or inoffensive; "a past that was scarcely savory" [syn: {savoury}, {inoffensive}] [ant: {unsavory}] 2: having an agreeably pungent taste [syn: {piquant}, {savoury}, {spicy}, {zesty}] 3: pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: {mouth-watering}, {savoury}, {tasty}] n 1: any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees 2: dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions [syn: {Micromeria juliana}] 3: either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family [syn: {savoury}] 4: an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre [syn: {savoury}]
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