savory

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
  2. noun dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
  3. noun either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family

Etymology

From 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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