Savin Definition

savin
noun
A low, spreading Eurasian juniper (Juniperus sabina) of E North America and Europe, whose leaves and tops yield an oil (savin oil) used in perfumery.
Webster's New World

Red cedar.

Webster's New World
Any of several related plants, especially the eastern red cedar.
American Heritage Medicine

The poisonous dried tips of this plant, with anthelmintic properties, used as a drug.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Juniperus sabina
  • dwarf juniper

Other Word Forms of Savin

Noun

Singular:
savin
Plural:
savins

Origin of Savin

  • Middle English from Old English safine and from Old French savine both from Latin (herba) Sabīna Sabine (plant), savin feminine of Sabīnus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French savine, from Latin sabina (“sabine (herb)").

    From Wiktionary

Savin Sentence Examples

  • Juniperus Sabina is the savin, abundant on the mountains of central Europe, an irregularly spreading muchbranched shrub with scale-like glandular leaves, and emitting a disagreeable odour when bruised.

  • The oil of savin is now occasionally used criminally as an abortifacient.

  • I've got no savin 's, but I'll manage okay.

  • In northern Europe this belt is characterized by such species as Picea excelsa (spruce), which extends south to the mountains of the Mediterranean region; Pinus sylvestris (Scottish fir), reaching from the far north to western Spain, Persia and Asia Minor; Juniperus communis, &c. In north Siberia Pinus Cembra (Cembra or Arolla Pine) has a wide range; also Abies sibirica (Siberian silver fir), Larix sibirica and Juniperus Sabina (savin).

  • I 've got no savin 's, but I'll manage okay.

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