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Webster 1913 Edition
Savine
{
Sav′in
,Sav′ine
, }Noun.
[Written also
sabine
.] (Bot.)
(a)
A coniferous shrub (
Juniperus Sabina
) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc. (b)
The North American red cedar (
Juniperus Virginiana
.)