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Webster 1913 Edition

Rosemary

Rose′ma-ry

,
Noun.
[OE.
rosmarine
, L.
rosmarinus
;
ros
dew (cf. Russ.
rosa
, Lith.
rasa
, Skr.
rasa
juice) +
marinus
marine: cf. F.
romarin
. In English the word has been changed as if it meant the
rose of Mary
. See
Marine
.]
A labiate shrub (
Rosmarinus officinalis
) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.
There’s
rosemary
, that's for remembrance.
Shakespeare
Marsh rosemary
.
(a)
A little shrub
(Andromeda polifolia)
growing in cold swamps and having leaves like those of the rosemary
.
(b)
See under
Marsh
.
–
Rosemary pine
,
the loblolly pine. See under
Loblolly
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rosemary

RO'SEMARY

,
Noun.
[L. rosmarinus, sea-rose; rosa and marinus.]
A verticillate plant of the genus Rosmarinus, growing naturally in the southern part of France, Spain and Italy. It has a fragrant smell and a warm pungent bitterish taste.

Definition 2024

Rosemary

Rosemary

See also: rosemary

English

Proper noun

Rosemary

  1. A female given name.
    • 1860 Jedediah Vincent Huntington, Rosemary: or, Life or Death, D.&J. Sadler, Co., 1860, page 175:
      "And you - you darling!" - addressing the astonished Rosemary - "will you love your grandmamma? Kiss me, my child." - - -
      "Oh, you tell fibs!" cried the child. "My name is Rose Marie Romarin - is it not, Grandpa?"
    • 1985 Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus 1987, ISBN 0701131616, page 53:
      Rosemary. A sweet dark name, though finally a shrill trite woman.

Translations

rosemary

rosemary

See also: Rosemary

English

Rosemary

Noun

rosemary ‎(usually uncountable, plural rosemaries)

  1. A shrub, Rosmarinus officinalis, that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

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Etymology

A combination of Rose and Mary, referring to the flower as a symbol of Virgin Mary, first recorded in the eighteenth century. It is found in continental Europe as Rosemarie and Rosa Maria. After mid-nineteenth century when flower names became common it may also refer to the herb rosemary, Latin ros marinus "dew of the sea".

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