rosemaries
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pluralof rosemary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
rosemarynounan evergreen shrub, Rosmarinus officinalis, of the mint family, native to the Mediterranean region, having leathery, narrow leaves and pale-blue, bell-shaped flowers, used as a seasoning and in perfumery and medicine: a traditional symbol of remembrance.
Example Sentences
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When exposed to the full force of the sun, however, on the rosemaries in the enclosure, the balloons burst and shoot forth a ruddy flood of floss and tiny animals.
From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
“Before we divide, Let us dip our rosemaries In one rich bowl of wine, to this brave girl And to the gentleman.”
From An Orkney Maid by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
I know, from my past excavations, the points favoured by the grub: the mounds of sand heaped up by the wind at the foot of the rosemaries on the neighbouring hill-sides.
From More Hunting Wasps by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
We inspect the stunted rosemaries along the edge of a path sheltered by a rocky, wooded slope; we lift the branches that spread over the ground.
From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
I rear some young Philanthus-grubs, already waxing large; but, instead of supplying them with the prey taken from the burrows, I give them game of my own catching, game replete with nectar from the rosemaries.
From More Hunting Wasps by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos