[syn: mouth-watering, savory, savoury]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Savory \Sa"vor*y\ (-[y^]), a. [From Savor.]
Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. [Written also
savoury.]
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The chewing flocks
Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
savory
adj 1: morally wholesome or acceptable; "a past that was
scarcely savory" [syn: savory, savoury] [ant:
offensive, unsavory, unsavoury]
2: having an agreeably pungent taste [syn: piquant, savory,
savoury, spicy, zesty]
3: pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: mouth-watering,
savory, savoury]
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: savory,
Micromeria juliana]
3: either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family [syn:
savory, savoury]
4: an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as
an hors d'oeuvre [syn: savory, savoury]