savin
See also: Savin
English
![Photograph of a plant with needle-like leaves and berry-like cones.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Juniperus_sabina_Frutos_y_hojas_Habitus_2009-7-25_SierraNevada.jpg/220px-Juniperus_sabina_Frutos_y_hojas_Habitus_2009-7-25_SierraNevada.jpg)
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Etymology
From Old French savine, from Latin sabīna.
Noun
savin (countable and uncountable, 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 eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of eastern North America.
Synonyms
- (Juniperus sabina): bastard killer, cover-shame, savin juniper
Translations
Juniperus sabina
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References
Juniperus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Juniperus sabina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Juniperus virginiana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Juniperus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
savin