savin

See also: Savin and savin'

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsævɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

savin (countable and uncountable, plural savins)

1. The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.
2. The poisonous dried tips of this plant, with anthelmintic properties, used as a drug.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     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 [...].

3. The eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of eastern North America.

Synonyms

• (Juniperus sabina): bastard killer, cover-shame, savin juniper

Translations

Juniperus sabina

Abaza: дзыхӏвы (dzəḥʷə), щхъанарат (śqanarat) Abkhaz: аҭәы́цбӷьы (atʷə́cbğʲə) Albanian: jermësinë (sq) f, Arabic: أَبْهُل m (ʔabhul), شَبِينَة f (šabīna) (obsolete) Armenian: ցրդենի (hy) (cʻrdeni), ցրդի (hy) (cʻrdi) Old Armenian: ցիրդ (cʻird), ցրդենի (cʻrdeni), ցրդի (cʻrdi) Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: смрадлива хвойна f (smradliva hvojna) Catalan: savina de muntanya f Chechen: please add this translation if you can Czech: jalovec chvojka Dutch: zavelboom (nl) m, zevenboom (nl) m Finnish: rohtokataja French: sabine (fr) f, sabinier m Georgian: კაზაკური ღვია (ḳazaḳuri ɣvia), წყვედა (c̣q̇veda) (dialectal) German: Stinkwacholder (de) m Greek: please add this translation if you can Ancient: βράθυ n (bráthu) Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Italian: sabina (it) f Kazakh: please add this translation if you can Latin: sabīna f Middle English: savyne Old English: safine f Persian: ابهل (fa) (abhol, obhol) Polish: Jałowiec sabiński m, jałowiec sawina m, sawina f Romanian: sabină (ro) f, cetină-de-negi (ro) f Russian: можжеве́льник каза́цкий m (možževélʹnik kazáckij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: со̀мина f Latin: sòmina (sh) f Spanish: sabina (es) f

References

• Juniperus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Juniperus sabina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Juniperus virginiana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Juniperus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Sivan, Vians, Vinas, ivans, vinas

Finnish

Noun

savin

1. instructive plural of savi

Anagrams

• visan