savin
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English savyne, from Old French savine, from Latin sabīna. Compare Old English safine.
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, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- 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 [...].
- 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
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