Savin
Origin
From Old French savine, from Latin sabina ("sabine (herb)").
Full definition of savin
Noun
savin
(plural savins)- The evergreen shrub , endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.
- 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 .... - The North American red cedar, Juniperus virginiana.