sav|ine

sav|ine
sav|in or sav|ine «SAV ihn», noun.
1. a juniper shrub whose tops yield an oily drug used in medicine.
2. this drug.
3. any one of various junipers, such as the red cedar.
[Old English safīne < Vulgar Latin savina < Latin (herba) sabīna Sabine herb]

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  • Savin — Sav in, Savine Sav ine, n. [OE. saveine, AS. safin[ae], savine, L. sabina herba. Cf. {Sabine}.] [Written also {sabine}.] (Bot.) (a) A coniferous shrub ({Juniperus Sabina}) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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