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savine

savine is the alternative form of savin.

Meaning of savin

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.

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Forms of savine

pluralsavines

Questions about savine

What is savine the alternative form of?
Savine is the alternative form of savin.

Words near savine in the dictionary

  1. Savilles
  2. savin
  3. savin'
  4. savinase
  5. savinases
  6. savine
  7. savines
  8. saving
  9. saving appearances
  10. saving as
  11. saving by the bell

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