rosemary

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  1. noun An aromatic evergreen Mediterranean shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) having light blue or pink flowers and grayish-green leaves that are used in cooking and perfumery.
  2. noun The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning.

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  • For a moment he could not imagine what the rosemary was doing there, then he remembered the custom of sprinkling the dead with holy water and could only suppose that she had kept it in memory of one of her parents. —  Maigret's Boyhood Friend - Georges Simenon - 97
  • She was happy to leave the ghost of her mother who followed her around with useless information about washing her hair with rosemary, and who had temper tantrums, throwing herself across Marcado's bed and screaming as if she was the little girl and Marcado the mother. —  F ;SF - vol 104 issue 06 - June 2003
  • Khan has planted roses and herbs --- rosemary, chives, Russian sage --- in their outdoor space to give them even more discover. —  JSOnline.com
  • The garlic was not overpowering and the rosemary was a really nice subtle flavor.
  • Brushing against the rosemary while working in the garden scents my clothes for the rest of the day -- rosemary is a natural pick-me-up and is good for headaches.
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  1. Alteration of Middle English rosmarine, from Latin rōs marīnus, sea dew : rōs, dew + marīnus, of the sea; see marine.

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  1. Formerly also rosmary; from Middle English rosemary, altered (in simulation of rosa Mariæ, ‘Mary's rose’) from rosemarine, rosemaryne, rosemaryn, rosmarin, from Old French rosmarin, romarin, French romarin = Provencal romani, romanin = Spanish rosmarino, romero = Portuguese rosmaninho = Italian rosmarino, ramerino = Dutch rozemarijn, rosmarijn = G. Danish Swedish rosmarin, from Latin rosmarinus, rosmarinum, properly two words, ros marinus or marinus ros, rosemary, literally ‘marine dew,’ sea-dew (called ros maris, ‘dew of the sea,’ by Ovid): ros (ror-), dew; marinus, marine: see rore and marine.
 

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