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Meaning of savory

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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