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savin

/ˈsævɪn/

savin noun: the evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.

savin: the evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil
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Noun

savin (countable and uncountable, plural savins)

  1. The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.
    Synonyms:
    bastard killer, cover-shame, savin juniper
  2. The poisonous dried tips of this plant, with anthelmintic properties, used as a drug.
    • 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, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  3. The eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of eastern North America.

Proper noun capitalized: Savin

Savin (plural Savins)

  1. A surname.

savin meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian

savin in Tamil

சவின்

savin in Arabic

Juniperus sabina
أَبْهُل ʔabhul, شَبِينَة šabīna

savin in Persian

Juniperus sabina
ابهل abhol, obhol

Synonyms of savin

Forms of savin

Noun
pluralsavins
Proper noun
pluralSavins

Origin of savin

Inherited from Middle English savyne, from Old French savine, from Latin sabīna. Compare Old English safine.

* As a Russian surname, from a personal name derived from Byzantine Greek Σάββας (Sábbas). See Savas. * As an English and French surname, from Savin, a variant of Sabin. * As an Irish surname, variant of Sabin.

Questions about savin

What does savin mean?
Savin means the evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.
What is savin in Tamil?
Savin in Tamil is சவின். See Savin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is savin?
Savin can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce savin?
Savin is pronounced /ˈsævɪn/.
What is the plural of savin?
The plural of savin is savins.

Words near savin in the dictionary

  1. Savilian
  2. Savilians
  3. Savill
  4. Saville
  5. Savilles
  6. savin
  7. savin'
  8. savinase
  9. savinases
  10. savine
  11. savines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: savin (page history and authors); Savin (page history and authors); savin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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