cal|a|mint

cal|a|mint
cal|a|mint «KAL uh mihnt», noun.
= savory2. (Cf.savory)
[< Old French calament, learned borrowing from Medieval Latin calamentum < Latin calaminthē < Greek kalamínthē]

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