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savoury

 

  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]: 
 
  savoury 
  adj  1:  morally  respectable  or  inoffensive;  "a  past  that  was 
  scarcely  savory"  [syn:  {savory},  {inoffensive}]  [ant: 
  {unsavory}] 
  2:  having  an  agreeably  pungent  taste  [syn:  {piquant},  {savory}, 
  {spicy},  {zesty}] 
  3:  pleasing  to  the  sense  of  taste  [syn:  {mouth-watering},  {savory}, 
  {tasty}] 
  n  1:  either  of  two  aromatic  herbs  of  the  mint  family  [syn:  {savory}] 
  2:  an  aromatic  or  spicy  dish  served  at  the  end  of  dinner  or  as 
  an  hors  d'oeuvre  [syn:  {savory}]




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