savin

American  

[sav-in] / ˈsæv ɪn /

Or savine

noun

1. a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.

2. the drug derived from the dried tops of this plant, formerly used in treating amenorrhea.

3. red cedar.

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savin British  

/ ˈsævɪn /

noun

1. a small spreading juniper bush, Juniperus sabina, of Europe, N Asia, and North America

2. the oil derived from the shoots and leaves of this plant, formerly used in medicine to treat rheumatism, etc

3. another name for red cedar

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Etymology

Origin of savin

before 1000; Middle English; Old English safine, savene ≪ Latin ( herba ) Sabina Sabine (herb)

Example Sentences

But Granville also helped women end their pregnancies by administering herbs such as savin in his private practice.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2022

One of these plant extracts, savin, which comes from juniper bushes, was particularly effective and also plentiful in the United States.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2022

Last week Governor Woodring sent a telegram of many hundred words to President Hoover, saying he was "astonished and appalled" that no plan for savin?

From Time Magazine Archive

Hamlick’s father wuz pizoned, and his mother married agin afore her mournin clothes wuz wore out—suthin no savin, prudent woman would do; but what wuz that to wat A. Johnson endoors every day?

From "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. by Nast, Thomas

Shelley affords a good choice of rhymes; chasm and spasm; rift and drift; ravine and savin, are useful conjunctions.

From Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

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