Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In cookery, a small, highly seasoned entrée, such as a cheese fondant, a tiny salt herring with red pepper, on toast, or deviled eggs: served at the end of a dinner.
  • Having a flavor.
  • Having savor or relish; pleasing to the organs of taste or smell (especially the former); appetizing; palatable; hence, agreeable in general: as, savory dishes; a savory odor.
  • Morally pleasing; morally or religiously edifying.
  • In good repute; honored; respected.
  • noun A plant of the genus Satureia, chiefly S. hortensis, the summer savory, and S. montana, the winter savory, both natives of southern Europe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.
  • noun (Bot.) An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Tasty, attractive to the palate.
  • adjective Salty or non-sweet.
  • adjective Not overly sweet.
  • adjective figuratively Morally or ethically acceptable.
  • noun A savory snack
  • noun Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings
  • noun The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective morally wholesome or acceptable
  • noun any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
  • noun dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
  • adjective pleasing to the sense of taste
  • noun an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
  • noun either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
  • adjective having an agreeably pungent taste

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From the Old French savoure, from savourer, from Latin saporare, from sapor

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  • In Slovene, šetraj. My boyfriend discovered this herb growing wild on the island of Brač.

    July 18, 2010