Savin

Origin

From Old French savine, from Latin sabina ("sabine (herb)").

Full definition of savin

Noun

1. The evergreen shrub , 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, The Faerie Queene, III.ii: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 North American red cedar, Juniperus virginiana.

Anagrams

• Sivan