savin

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/ˈsævɪn/

noun

The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.

Similar
bastard killercover-shamesavin juniperdwarf juniperJuniperus sabina
OriginMiddle English savyne ← Old French savine ← Latin sabīna →
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Meanings

savin1

nounsavin (countable and uncountable, plural savins)

plural savins

  1. countableuncountableThe evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.

    Synonyms: bastard killer, cover-shame, savin juniper

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

    th'aged Nurse her calling to her bowre, / Had gathered Rew, and Sauine, and the flowre / Of Camphara, and Calamint, and Dill, / All which she in a earthen Pot did poure [...].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  3. countableuncountableThe eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of eastern North America.

Savin2

proper nounSavin (plural Savins)

plural Savins

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.

Similar
bastard killercover-shamesavin juniper

More synonyms by meaning

nounprocumbent or spreading juniper

Similar
dwarf juniperJuniperus sabina
Broader
juniper

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

savin · noun

  1. Latinsabīna
  2. Old Frenchsavine
  3. Middle Englishsavyne
  4. Englishsavin

Inherited from Middle English savyne, from Old French savine, from Latin sabīna. Compare Old English safine.

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Savin · proper noun

  1. Medieval GreekΣάββας
  2. RussianСаввин
  3. EnglishSavin

* As a Russian surname, from Russian Саввин (Savvin), from a personal name derived from Medieval Greek Σάββας (Sábbas). See Savas. * As an English and French surname, from Savin, a variant of Sabin. * As an Irish surname, variant of Sabin.

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Translations

Ancient Greek βράθυ
  • βράθυ (bráthu)Juniperus sabina
Arabic أَبْهُل, شَبِينَة
  • أَبْهُل (ʔabhul)Juniperus sabina
  • شَبِينَة (šabīna)Juniperus sabina
Bulgarian смрадлива хвойна
  • смрадлива хвойна (smradliva hvojna)Juniperus sabina
Catalan savina de muntanya
  • savina de muntanyaJuniperus sabina
Czech jalovec chvojka
  • jalovec chvojkaJuniperus sabina
Dutch zavelboom, zevenboom
  • zavelboomJuniperus sabina
  • zevenboomJuniperus sabina
Finnish rohtokataja
  • rohtokatajaJuniperus sabina
French sabine, sabinier
  • sabineJuniperus sabina
  • sabinierJuniperus sabina
German Stinkwacholder
  • StinkwacholderJuniperus sabina
Hebrew אבהל
  • אבהל (avhál)Juniperus sabina
Italian sabina
  • sabinaJuniperus sabina
Latin sabīna
  • sabīnaJuniperus sabina
Persian ابهل
  • ابهل (abhol, obhol)Juniperus sabina
Polish Jałowiec sabiński, jałowiec sawina
  • Jałowiec sabińskiJuniperus sabina
  • jałowiec sawinaJuniperus sabina
  • sawinaJuniperus sabina
Romanian sabină, cetină-de-negi
  • sabinăJuniperus sabina
  • cetină-de-negiJuniperus sabina
Russian можжеве́льник каза́цкий
  • можжеве́льник каза́цкий (možževélʹnik kazáckij)Juniperus sabina
Spanish sabina
  • sabinaJuniperus sabina
Turkish karaardıç
  • karaardıçJuniperus sabina

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

SivanNavisvinas
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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