savin
/ˈsavɪn
/noun
1A bushy Eurasian juniper which typically has horizontally spreading branches.
- Juniperus sabina, family Cupressaceae.
1.1 [mass noun] An extract obtained from the savin plant, formerly used as an abortifacient.Such mixtures usually worked by causing violent vomiting or diarrhoea, although recent research has indicated that some ingredients, such as the herb savin, might well have produced uterine contractions.
Origin
Old English, from Old French savine, from Latin sabina (herba) 'Sabine (herb)'.
Rhymes
- Toruń
- Torvill and Dean
- Tory
- Toryism
- tosa
- to save one's life
- to say nothing of
- to say the least (of it)
- to scale
- Toscana
- Toscanini, Arturo
- to scream (also cry, yell,etc.) blue murder
- to seek
- tosh
- to size
- Tosk
- to someone's cost
- to spare
- toss
- toss a pancake
- tosser
- tossing the caber
- toss it in
- toss one's cookies
- tosspot