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savory

 
Adjective savory has 3 senses
  1. savory, savoury, inoffensive - morally respectable or inoffensive; "a past that was scarcely savory"
    Antonyms: unsavory, unsavoury, offensive, odoriferous
  2. piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty - having an agreeably pungent taste
    Antonym: tasteless (indirect, via tasteful)
  3. mouth-watering, savory, savoury, tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste
    Antonyms: unappetizing, unappetising (indirect, via appetizing)
Noun savory has 4 senses
  1. 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:
     summer savory, Satureja hortensis, Satureia hortensis; winter savory, Satureja montana, Satureia montana
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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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