rosemary

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an aromatic evergreen shrub with narrow leaves, grown as a culinary and medicinal herb

   A rosemary bush grew beside the sunny garden wall.

2. 2
   noun

   the fragrant leaves of the rosemary plant, used to flavor food

   He added chopped rosemary to the roasted potatoes.

From Middle English rosmarine, ultimately from Latin ros marinus, traditionally interpreted as ‘dew of the sea.’ The modern spelling was reshaped through association with the names Rose and Mary.

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