Lexic.us

Definition of Summer savory

1. Noun. Erect annual herb with oval leaves and pink flowers; used to flavor e.g. meats or soups or salads; southeastern Europe and naturalized elsewhere.

2. Noun. Herb with delicately flavored leaves with many uses.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Summer Savory

summer damask rose summer duck summer fallow summer flounder summer haw summer house summer hyacinth summer melt summer pruning summer pudding

summer puddings summer redbird summer resort summer sausage summer sausages summer savory (current term) summer savoury summer school summer snowflake summer solstice

summer solstices summer soup summer soups summer squash summer squash vine summer stock summer sweet summer tanager summer time summercaters

Literary usage of Summer savory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"Of savory two species are cultivated, the winter and summer savory. 4575. Winter savory is the S. montana L. (ft Gr. 543.) ; a hardy under-shrub, ..."

2. A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a by Ezekiel I. Barra (1893)
"It was then seasoned with dried sage and summer savory, pepper and salt, and rolled into small balls, covered with dry flour, and then fried in a pan of hot ..."

3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver, Mary Frances (Ewart) Macdonald, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"If plants of the summer savory grow in shady places, their leaves remain green on the upper ... Some years ago I cultivated seeds of the summer savory in my ..."

4. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"If plants of the summer savory grow in shady places, their leaves remain green on the upper ... Some years ago I cultivated seeds of the summer savory in my ..."

5. Food Products of the World by Mary Elizabeth Green (1902)
"... bay-leaves, summer savory, parsley, thyme, sage, sweet marjoram, mint, tarragon, onion, leek, garlic, saffron, L capers, turmeric and curry powder. ..."

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