Hypertext Webster Gateway: "savory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Savory \Sa"vor*y\ (-[y^]), a. [From {Savor}.]
Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. [Written also
{savoury}.]
The chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savory
herb. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Savory \Sa"vo*ry\ (s[=a]"v[-o]*r[y^]), n. [F. savor['e]e; cf.
It. santoreggia, satureja, L. satureia,] (Bot.)
An aromatic labiate plant ({Satureia hortensis}), much used
in cooking; -- also called {summer savory}. [Written also
{savoury}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
savory
adj 1: morally respectable or inoffensive; "a past that was
scarcely savory" [syn: {savoury}, {inoffensive}] [ant:
{unsavory}]
2: having an agreeably pungent taste [syn: {piquant}, {savoury},
{spicy}, {zesty}]
3: pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: {mouth-watering}, {savoury},
{tasty}]
n 1: any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus
Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
2: dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions [syn: {Micromeria
juliana}]
3: either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family [syn: {savoury}]
4: an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as
an hors d'oeuvre [syn: {savoury}]
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