savin
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French savine, from Latin sabina (“sabine (herb)”).
Noun [edit]
savin (plural savins)
- The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.
- The poisonous dried tips of this plant, with anthelmintic properties, used as a drug.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- th'aged Nurse her calling to her bowre, / Had gathered Rew, and Sauine, and the flowre / Of Camphara, and Calamint, and Dill, / All which she in a earthen Pot did poure [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- The North American red cedar, Juniperus virginiana.
Translations [edit]
Juniperus sabina
Anagrams [edit]
Finnish [edit]
Noun [edit]
savin
- Instructive plural form of savi.
