About The Word Rosemary
Learn about the word Rosemary to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Rosemary definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Rosemary
| Rosemary Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Rosemary?
[n] extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats
[n] widely cultivated for its fragrant gray-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery Synonyms | Synonyms for Rosemary: Rosmarinus officinalis Related Terms | Find terms related to Rosemary: See Also | genus Rosmarinus | herb | herb | herbaceous plant | rosemary | rosemary | Rosmarinus | Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary In Webster's Dictionary \Rose"ma*ry\, n. [OE. rosmarine, L. rosmarinus; ros dew
(cf. Russ. rosa, Lith. rasa, Skr. rasa juice) + marinus
marine: cf. F. romarin. In English the word has been changed
as if it meant the rose of Mary. See {Marine}.]
A labiate shrub ({Rosmarinus officinalis}) with narrow
grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of
France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It
has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste.
It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of
fidelity or constancy.
There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. --Shak.
{Marsh rosemary}.
(a) A little shrub (Andromeda polifolia) growing in cold
swamps and having leaves like those of the rosemary.
(b) See under {Marsh}.
{Rosemary pine}, the loblolly pine. See under {Loblolly}.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Gospeler ‐ a preacher of the…
- Twelfthtide ‐ the season…
- Fossilised ‐ set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or…
- European black alder ‐ medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins;…
- Atlantic bottlenose dolphin ‐ the most common dolphin of North Atlantic and Mediterranean;…
- Demi-glaze ‐ sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned…
- Laid paper ‐ writing paper having a watermark of fine lines running across…
- Fra filippo lippi ‐ Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style…
- Ureterorenal reflux ‐ a backflow of urine from the ureter into the…
- Take in water ‐ take in water at the bilge;…