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Adjective savory has 3 senses
- savory, savoury, inoffensive - morally respectable or inoffensive; "a past that was scarcely savory"
Antonyms: unsavory, unsavoury, offensive, odoriferous
- piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty - having an agreeably pungent taste
Antonym: tasteless (indirect, via tasteful)
- mouth-watering, savory, savoury, tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste
Antonyms: unappetizing, unappetising (indirect, via appetizing)
Noun savory has 4 senses
- savory - any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
--1 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--1 is a member of Satureja, genus Satureja, Satureia, genus Satureia
--1 has particulars:
- savory, Micromeria juliana - dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
--2 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--2 is a member of Micromeria, genus Micromeria
- savory, savoury - either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
--3 is a kind of herb
--3 has particulars: summer savory, summer savoury; winter savory, winter savoury
- savory, savoury - an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
--4 is a kind of dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
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