ETYM From Savor.
(Alternate spelling: savoury).
Morally respectable or inoffensive; SYN. savoury, inoffensive.
ETYM French savorée; cf. Italian santoreggia, satureja, Latin satureia.
(Alternate spelling: savoury).
1. Either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family; SYN. savoury.
2. An aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre; SYN. savoury.
3. Any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees.
4. Dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions; SYN. Micromeria juliana.
Satureja hortensis, Küchengewürz aus der Fam. der Lippenblütler.